CVE-2011-4784

HIGH 7.2CVE-2011-4784 · Published 27/12/2011 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2011-4784 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting stereoscopic 3d driver (nvidia).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.33%, higher than 26.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
stereoscopic 3d driver nvidia	`≤ 7.17.12.7536`	No fix yet

Description

The NVIDIA Stereoscopic 3D driver before 7.17.12.7565 does not properly handle commands sent to a named pipe, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application.

References

secunia.com/advisories/47324 · Vendor Advisory
technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/msvr/msvr11-016
osvdb.org/77974
securityfocus.com/bid/51148
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71930

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