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Ubuntu: (CVE-2012-0952): nvidia-graphics-drivers vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (CVE-2012-0952): nvidia-graphics-drivers vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/08/2020
Created
11/21/2024
Added
11/19/2024
Modified
11/19/2024

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-nvidia-graphics-drivers

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