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CVE-2012-0946

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Entered Topic
2012-05-10 NVIDIA UNIX driver -- access to arbitrary system memory

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CVE-2012-0946 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2012-0946
Phase Assigned(20120201)

Description

The NVIDIA UNIX driver before 295.40 allows local users to access arbitrary memory locations by leveraging GPU device-node read/write privileges.

References

Source Reference
CONFIRM http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3109
UBUNTU USN-1420-1
SECUNIA 48793

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