CVE-2022-42255

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.003 · 17 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.26% (17th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

15 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvidia.ko), where an out-of-bounds array access may lead to denial of service, information disclosure, or data tampering.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.3–7.8

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · psirt@nvidia.comexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.4

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-129USprimaryCWE-787US

affected products (15)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Dell Computerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:dell:dell_computer:-
Gentoo Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:gentoo:linux:-
HP Computerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:hp:computer:-
Lenovo Computerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:lenovo:computer:-
Nvidia Treiber GPUall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:nvidia:display_driver:gpu
Nvidia Treiber vGPUall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:nvidia:display_driver:vgpu
Xerox FreeFlow Print Server v7all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:xerox:freeflow_print_server:v7
Xerox FreeFlow Print Server v9all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:xerox:freeflow_print_server:v9
NVIDIA vGPU 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 releaseenisa_euvdEU
nvidia cloud gaming< 525.60.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:nvidia:cloud_gaming:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nvidia cloud gaming< 525.60.12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:nvidia:cloud_gaming:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nvidia virtual gpu< 11.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:nvidia:virtual_gpu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nvidia virtual gpu12.0 → 13.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:nvidia:virtual_gpu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nvidia virtual gpu14.0 → 14.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:nvidia:virtual_gpu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-2205Nvidia Treiber: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2022-11-30csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen im Nvidia Treiber ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand auszulösen, seine Privilegien zu erweitern und Daten zu manipulieren.

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-12-30modified 2026-06-17

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references (7)

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