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CVE-2022-42264 — NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where an unprivileged regular user can cause the use of an out-of-range pointer offset, which may lead to data tampering, data loss, information disclosure, or denial of service.

CVSS
7.1 HIGH
EPSS
0.12% (top 68.70%)
CWE
CWE-823
Published
2022-12-30T00:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2025-04-11T15:13:31.980Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

01What is this vulnerability?

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where an unprivileged regular user can cause the use of an out-of-range pointer offset, which may lead to data tampering, data loss, information disclosure, or denial of service.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
NVIDIAvGPU software (guest driver)Linux, vGPU software (Virtual GPU Manager), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (Virtual GPU Manager) — All versions prior to and including 14.2, 13.4, and 11.9, and all versions prior to the November 2022 release

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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