CVE-2022-31616 Information disclosure in NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver)

Medium 6.1 Published 18 Nov 2022 Updated 29 Apr 2025

A local attacker can trigger an out-of-bounds read in the NVIDIA GPU driver, potentially causing denial of service or leaking sensitive information.

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-2022-31616?

CVE-2022-31616 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Gpu Display Driver, published on 18 Nov 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 a local user with basic capabilities can cause an out-of-bounds read, which may lead to denial of service, or information disclosure.

Weakness: CWE-125, CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-31616?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Nvidia Cloud Gaming Guest, Nvidia Gpu Display Driver, Nvidia Virtual Gpu.

How do I fix CVE-2022-31616?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-31616 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-31616 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-31616 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Nvidia Gpu Display Driver vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-qpg9-6pvr-96hj, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-31616.