Local Privilege Escalation in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux
CVE-2022-31608
7.8HIGH
Key Information:
- Vendor
Nvidia
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 19 November 2022
What is CVE-2022-31608?
NVIDIA's GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability associated with an optional D-Bus configuration file. This flaw allows local users with basic capabilities to exploit protected D-Bus endpoints. The potential impacts include unauthorized code execution, denial of service, privilege escalation, information disclosure, and data tampering, posing significant security risks to affected systems.
Affected Version(s)
GeForce, Workstation, Compute All versions prior to the August 2022 release