Out-of-bounds Write Affecting nvidia-graphics-drivers package, versions <295.53-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-NVIDIAGRAPHICSDRIVERS-1555108
  • published27 Jun 2018
  • disclosed8 May 2020

Introduced: 27 Jun 2018

CVE-2012-0952  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 nvidia-graphics-drivers to version 295.53-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nvidia-graphics-drivers package and not the nvidia-graphics-drivers package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

A heap buffer overflow was discovered in the device control ioctl in the Linux driver for Nvidia graphics cards, which may allow an attacker to overflow 49 bytes. This issue was fixed in version 295.53.

CVSS Scores

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