CVE-2022-31615
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.002 · 14 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where a local user with basic capabilities can cause a null-pointer dereference, which may lead to denial of service.
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affected products (41)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Nvidia Treiber GPU Display Driver for Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:nvidia:display_driver:gpu_display_driver_for_linux
- Nvidia Treiber GPU Display Driver for Windowsall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:nvidia:display_driver:gpu_display_driver_for_windows
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2022-0894Nvidia GPU Treiber und NVIDIA vGPU software: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2022-08-02csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Nvidia GPU Treiber ausnutzen, um einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, seine Privilegien zu erweitern, Daten zu manipulieren und beliebigen Code auszuführen.
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sources
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references (12)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2022-31615/cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31615cnnvd
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5383cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167960/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-5547-1.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-02cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/NVIDIA-Graphics-Drivers-NULL-pointer-dereference-via-Kernel-Mode-Layer-38989cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2022.3823cnnvd
- https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/Patchcnnvd
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