NVIDIA UNIX Graphics Driver Vulnerability Allows Local Privilege Escalation
CVE-2012-4225

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Key Information:

Vendor: Nvidia
Status: Unix Graphic Driver
Vendor: CVE Published:; 19 November 2012

What is CVE-2012-4225?

The NVIDIA UNIX graphics driver prior to versions 295.71 and 304.32 contains a vulnerability that allows local users to write to arbitrary physical memory locations. This is achieved through manipulation of the VGA window via the /dev/nvidia0 device file, which can potentially lead to unauthorized privilege escalation on systems using these impacted versions of the driver.

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