CVE-2012-0951 describes a memory corruption vulnerability in NVIDIA Graphics Drivers version 295.49, specifically within an unknown function in the proc/driver/nvidia/registry file. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating that a local attacker with low privileges could achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability without user interaction. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 295.49, <= 295.53CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.