CVE-2022-42266
lowpriority · track · 13EPSS 0.002 · 8 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape, where an unprivileged regular user can cause exposure of sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information, which may lead to limited information disclosure.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.1–5.5
ssvc
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affected products (14)
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- NVIDIA vGPU software (guest driver) - Windows, NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver)≤ All versions prior to and including 14.2, 13.4, and 11.9, and all versions prior to the November 2022 releaseenisa_euvdEU
advisories (1)
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- 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.
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references (4)
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