CVE-2012-0951

A Memory Corruption Vulnerability exists in NVIDIA Graphics Drivers 29549 due to an unknown function in the file proc/driver/nvidia/registry.

• CWE-787

• http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2012/CVE-2012-0951.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://vuldb.com/?id.10060Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
• http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2012/CVE-2012-0951.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://vuldb.com/?id.10060Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory

Published

Feb 12, 2020

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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