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CVE-2012-0953
Kernel heap contents leak race in ioctl handler
Medium5.0EPSS 0.25%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- canonical
Description
A race condition was discovered in the Linux drivers for Nvidia graphics which allowed an attacker to exfiltrate kernel memory to userspace. This issue was fixed in version 295.53.
Timeline
ID reserved
By canonical
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonicalCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.25% · top 84% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 295.53
References (1)
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/979373 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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