Heap overflow in control device ioctl
Priority LOW 23CWE-119Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00306 23rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed graphics drivers (nvidia): 295.53
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA graphics drivers (nvidia) Fixed in 295.53
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
nvidia graphics drivers 295.53
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2012-00877 Kernel heap contents leak race in ioctl handlerPriority LOW 22
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-0952
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xg6p-7989-gjfr
More NVIDIA Display Driver vulnerabilities
- TI-2013-00053 The NVIDIA driver before 307.78, and Release 310 before 311.00, in the NVIDIA Display… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
- TI-2012-00875 Out-of-bounds write in NVIDIA graphics drivers CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2015-05040 The NVIDIA display driver R352 before 353.82 and R340 before 341.81 on Windows; R304… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2012-00877 Kernel heap contents leak race in ioctl handler CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.0
Sources
- CVE-2012-0952 · CVE Program
- CVE-2012-0952 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xg6p-7989-gjfr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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