Denial of Service Vulnerability in NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux
CVE-2022-34675

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Nvidia
Status
Vgpu Software (virtual Gpu Manager), Nvidia Cloud Gaming (virtual Gpu Manager)
Vendor
CVE Published:
30 December 2022

Summary

The NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux is affected by a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager, which arises from inadequate checks on the return value from a null-pointer dereference. This oversight may allow an attacker to exploit the vulnerability, resulting in a denial of service, thereby affecting the availability and performance of applications that depend upon the GPU resources.

Affected Version(s)

vGPU software (Virtual GPU Manager), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (Virtual GPU Manager) All versions prior to and including 14.2, 13.4, and 11.9, and all versions prior to the November 2022 release

References

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5415
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg0...
mailing-list

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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