CVE-2022-28187 Denial of service in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver

Medium 5.5 Published 17 May 2022 Updated 3 Aug 2024

A resource management flaw in the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver kernel mode layer allows attackers to cause a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2022-28187?

CVE-2022-28187 is a medium-severity denial of service 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 contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys), where the memory management software does not release a resource after its effective lifetime has ended, which may lead to denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-772

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-28187?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nvidia Gpu Display Driver.

How do I fix CVE-2022-28187?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-28187 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2022-28187 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-28187 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Nvidia Gpu Display Driver vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-whw4-p35f-xj5x, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28187.