CVE-2022-28184 Privilege escalation in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver
Unprivileged users can access administrator-privileged registers in the NVIDIA GPU driver, leading to privilege escalation, denial of service, and data tampering.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-28184?
CVE-2022-28184 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Gpu Display Driver, published on 17 May 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
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.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-28184?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Nvidia Gpu Display Driver, Nvidia Virtual Gpu.
How do I fix CVE-2022-28184?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2022-28184 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-28184 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Gpu Display Driver
- CVE-2026-24187 Use after free in GeForce
- CVE-2023-0184 Privilege escalation in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver
- CVE-2022-34671 Memory corruption in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows
- CVE-2022-28181 Memory corruption in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver
- CVE-2022-28182 Memory corruption in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-28184, GHSA-57jh-32p4-f49w, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28184.