CVE-2022-34665 Null dereference in NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (Virtual GPU Manager)

Medium 6.5 Published 18 Nov 2022 Updated 29 Apr 2025

A local user can trigger a null-pointer dereference in the NVIDIA GPU driver kernel mode layer, causing 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: Available

What is CVE-2022-34665?

CVE-2022-34665 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 and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where a local user with basic capabilities can cause a null-pointer dereference, which may lead to denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-34665?

It affects 3 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2022-34665?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2022-34665 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-34665 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Nvidia Gpu Display Driver vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-34665, GHSA-hwg2-4pq6-p2cf, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-34665.