CVE-2022-42264 Memory corruption in vGPU software (guest driver) - Linux, vGPU software (Virtual GPU Manager), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (Virtual GPU Manager)
An unprivileged user can exploit an out-of-range pointer offset in the NVIDIA Linux GPU driver to tamper with data, disclose information, or cause 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-2022-42264?
CVE-2022-42264 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Nvidia Gpu Display Driver, 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 Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where an unprivileged regular user can cause the use of an out-of-range pointer offset, which may lead to data tampering, data loss, information disclosure, or denial of service.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-42264?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Nvidia Cloud Gaming, Nvidia Gpu Display Driver, Nvidia Virtual Gpu.
How do I fix CVE-2022-42264?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2022-42264 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-42264 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Gpu Display Driver
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-42264, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-42264.