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title: "CVE-2012-4225\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-4225

Publication date 10 August 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**High**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

NVIDIA UNIX graphics driver before 295.71 and before 304.32 allows local
users to write to arbitrary physical memory locations and gain privileges
by modifying the VGA window using /dev/nvidia0.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 295.40-0ubuntu1.1 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 280.13-0ubuntu6.2 |
| 11.04 natty | Fixed 270.41.06-0ubuntu1.2 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04.3 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 295.49-0ubuntu0.2 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 295.20-0ubuntu0.4 |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4225)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4225)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-4225)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4225)

### Other references

* <http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Aug/4>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4225>