# CVE-2022-42270: Memory corruption in NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier Series, Jetson Xavier NX, Jetson AGX Orin Series

> A local attacker can exploit a stack-based buffer overflow in the NVIDIA Jetson Linux kernel to escalate privileges or cause denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** No
- **Published:** 30 Dec 2022
- **Updated:** 10 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xxjm-jvw6-6mm7

## What is CVE-2022-42270?

CVE-2022-42270 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier Series, Jetson Xavier NX, Jetson AGX Orin Series, 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 distributions of Linux contain a vulnerability in nvdla_emu_task_submit, where unvalidated input may allow a local attacker to cause stack-based buffer overflow in kernel code, which may lead to escalation of privileges, compromised integrity and confidentiality, and denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write), CWE-121 (Stack-based Buffer Overflow)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-42270?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Nvidia Jetson Linux.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-42270?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-42270 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-42270 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-42270 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier Series, Jetson Xavier NX, Jetson AGX Orin Series

- [CVE-2024-0108](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0108/): Memory corruption in NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier series, Jetson Xavier NX, Jetson TX2 series, Jetson TX2 NX, Jetson TX1, Jetson Nano series (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2026-24148](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-24148/): Misconfiguration in Jetson Xavier Series and Jetson Orin Series (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2021-34372](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-34372/): Integer overflow in NVIDIA Jetson TX2 series, TX2 NX, AGX Xavier series, Xavier NX (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2022-42269](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-42269/): Information disclosure in Jetson AGX Xavier series, Jetson Xavier NX, Jetson TX1, Jetson TX2 series, Jetson TX2 NX (high 7.9)
- [CVE-2021-34373](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-34373/): Memory corruption in NVIDIA Jetson TX1 (high 7.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-42270 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-42270 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier Series, Jetson Xavier NX, Jetson AGX Orin Series, published on 30 Dec 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-42270 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier Series, Jetson Xavier NX, Jetson AGX Orin Series. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-42270/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-42270/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-42270
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42270
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-42270

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