CVE-2022-28188 Denial of service in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver

Medium 5.5 Published 17 May 2022 Updated 3 Aug 2024

An attacker can cause a denial of service in NVIDIA GPU drivers by exploiting improper input validation in the kernel mode layer.

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-2022-28188?

CVE-2022-28188 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) handler for DxgkDdiEscape, where the product receives input or data, but does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly, which may lead to denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-28188?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Nvidia Gpu Display Driver, Nvidia Virtual Gpu.

How do I fix CVE-2022-28188?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-28188 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-2022-28188 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-28188 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-2m25-6j24-jp5f, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28188.