CVE-2012-4225
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.2)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Puntuación base: 7.2
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.39%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 31
- Fecha de la puntuación: 4/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-264
Referencias
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3140
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Aug/4
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Aug/76
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201304-01.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/01/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/08/4
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3140
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Aug/4
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Aug/76
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201304-01.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/01/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/08/4
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