Vulnerability · Published May 17, 2022 · Assigned by nvidia

CVE-2022-28186

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity improper input validation 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 20% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.1Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 80.1% 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 kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape, where the product receives input or data, but does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly, which may lead to denial of service or data tampering.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	nvidia-graphics-drivers-430	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28186
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	nvidia-graphics-drivers-440	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28186
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	nvidia-graphics-drivers-455	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28186

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
NVIDIA	NVIDIA GPU Display Driver	All GPU Driver versions for Windows

Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

References

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5353 x_refsource_MISC