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CVE-2012-0953
Kernel heap contents leak race in ioctl handler
Medium5.0EPSS 0.25%
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- Updated
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- 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.
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 (2 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
nvidia · graphics drivers
- 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
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Record last updated .