CVE-2012-0952: Heap overflow in control device ioctl

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2020-05-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

A heap buffer overflow was discovered in the device control ioctl in the Linux driver for Nvidia graphics cards, which may allow an attacker to overflow 49 bytes. This issue was fixed in version 295.53.

Affected products

NVIDIA Display Driver: before 295.53 — fixed in 295.53

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NVIDIA Display Driver 295.53. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/979373
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/979373

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