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CVE-2012-4225
NVIDIA UNIX graphics driver before 295.71 and before 304.32 allows local users to write to arbitrary physical memory locations and gain…
High7.2EPSS 0.39%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.39% · top 66% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- [oss-security] 20120801 CVE Request: NVidia Linux driver (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120808 Re: CVE Request: NVidia Linux driver (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3140 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20120804 nvidia linux binary driver priv escalation exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- GLSA-201304-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 20120801 nvidia linux binary driver priv escalation exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2012-4225)Record last updated .