The NVIDIA UNIX driver before 295.40 allows local users to access arbitrary memory locations by leveraging GPU device-node read/write privileges.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-0969 The NVIDIA UNIX driver before 295.40 allows local users to access arbitrary memory locations by leveraging GPU device-node read/write privileges.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1420-1 NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerability
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T18:45:26.000Z

Reserved: 2012-02-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-0946

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-04-22T18:55:04.233

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-0946

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