CVE-2022-28185 Memory corruption in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver
An unprivileged user can trigger an out-of-bounds write in the NVIDIA GPU driver, causing denial of service and data tampering.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-28185?
CVE-2022-28185 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Nvidia Virtual Gpu, 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 ECC layer, where an unprivileged regular user can cause an out-of-bounds write, which may lead to denial of service and data tampering.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-28185?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Virtual Gpu.
How do I fix CVE-2022-28185?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2022-28185 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-28185 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Virtual Gpu
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-28185, GHSA-wqqg-w6m9-gx43, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28185.