CVE-2022-31611 Other in GeForce Experience
An attacker with user privileges can exploit an uncontrolled search path in NVIDIA GeForce Experience installers to load arbitrary DLLs, leading to code execution and privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-31611?
CVE-2022-31611 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA GeForce Experience, published on 7 Feb 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
NVIDIA GeForce Experience contains an uncontrolled search path vulnerability in all its client installers, where an attacker with user level privileges may cause the installer to load an arbitrary DLL when the installer is launched. A successful exploit of this vulnerability could lead to escalation of privileges and code execution.
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-31611?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Geforce Experience.
How do I fix CVE-2022-31611?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-31611 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-31611 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-31611 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in NVIDIA GeForce Experience
- CVE-2017-6250 Code injection in GeForce Experience
- CVE-2016-8812 Memory corruption in Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions)
- CVE-2021-1073 Information disclosure in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software
- CVE-2022-42291 Path traversal in GeForce Experience
- CVE-2021-23175 Missing authorization in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2v62-25cm-4v7w.