CVE-2012-0953

Publication date 8 May 2020

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.0 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
nvidia-graphics-drivers 13.04 raring Not in release
12.10 quantal
Fixed 304.88-0ubuntu0.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 304.88-0ubuntu0.0.2
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.0 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

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