CVE-2022-42266 Information disclosure in vGPU software (guest driver) - Windows, NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver)
An unprivileged user can expose sensitive information via the NVIDIA GPU driver kernel mode layer, leading to limited information disclosure.
- 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-2022-42266?
CVE-2022-42266 is a medium-severity 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 for DxgkDdiEscape, where an unprivileged regular user can cause exposure of sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information, which may lead to limited information disclosure.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-42266?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Nvidia Cloud Gaming, Nvidia Virtual Gpu.
How do I fix CVE-2022-42266?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-42266 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-42266 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-42266 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Virtual Gpu
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9m72-vjm5-8c4w.