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Vulnerability · Published May 17, 2022 · Assigned by nvidia

CVE-2022-28182

High 8.5

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds write 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 1.6% (higher than 76% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.6%top 23.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the DirectX11 user mode driver (nvwgf2um/x.dll), where an unauthorized attacker on the network can cause an out-of-bounds write through a specially crafted shader, which may lead to code execution to cause denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering. The scope of the impact may extend to other components.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-430no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-28182
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-440no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-28182
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-455no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-28182

Affected products (as reported)

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

Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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