Vulnerability · Published May 17, 2022 · Assigned by nvidia

CVE-2022-28184

High 7.1

In plain English

A high-severity improper access control in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver from NVIDIA. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 23% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 77.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape, where an unprivileged regular user can access administrator- privileged registers, which may lead to denial of service, information disclosure, and data tampering.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12nvidia-graphics-drivers470.129.06-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-28184
Debian:13nvidia-graphics-drivers470.129.06-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-28184
Debian:14nvidia-graphics-drivers470.129.06-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-28184
Debian:12nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-470470.129.06-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-28184
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-390390.151-0ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28184
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-418-serverno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-28184
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-430no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-28184
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-440no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-28184
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-450no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-28184
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server450.191.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28184
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-455no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-28184
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-460no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-28184
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-470470.129.06-0ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28184
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-470-server470.129.06-0ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28184
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-510510.73.05-0ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28184
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-510-server510.73.05-0ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28184

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
NVIDIA NVIDIA GPU Display Driver All GPU Driver versions for Windows and Linux

Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

References