CVE-2012-4225
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
NVIDIA UNIX graphics driver before 295.71 and before 304.32 allows local users to write to arbitrary physical memory locations and gain privileges by modifying the VGA window using /dev/nvidia0.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (34th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-4169)
- Published
- November 19, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-4169 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- nvidia / unix graphic driver
References
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3140(Vendor Advisory)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Aug/4
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Aug/76
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201304-01.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/01/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/08/4
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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