CVE-2022-34681 Denial of service in vGPU software (guest driver) - Windows, NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver)

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

An attacker can cause a denial of service in NVIDIA GPU drivers on Windows via 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-2022-34681?

CVE-2022-34681 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Nvidia Virtual Gpu, published on 30 Dec 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, where improper input validation of a display-related data structure may lead to denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-34681?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Nvidia Cloud Gaming, Nvidia Virtual Gpu.

How do I fix CVE-2022-34681?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-34681 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-2022-34681 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-34681 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-52wp-rmr4-hhfm.

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