CVE-2022-42291 Path traversal in GeForce Experience
An attacker can cause data tampering by tricking a user into launching the installer from a compromised directory, leading to unintended data deletion.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-42291?
CVE-2022-42291 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in NVIDIA GeForce Experience, published on 7 Feb 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
NVIDIA GeForce Experience contains a vulnerability in the installer, where a user installing the NVIDIA GeForce Experience software may inadvertently delete data from a linked location, which may lead to data tampering. An attacker does not have explicit control over the exploitation of this vulnerability, which requires the user to explicitly launch the installer from the compromised directory.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-42291?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Geforce Experience.
How do I fix CVE-2022-42291?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-42291 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2022-42291 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-42291 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in NVIDIA GeForce Experience
- CVE-2017-6250 Code injection in GeForce Experience
- CVE-2016-8812 Memory corruption in Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions)
- CVE-2021-1073 Information disclosure in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software
- CVE-2021-23175 Missing authorization in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software
- CVE-2020-5977 Path traversal in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qr8h-mpxp-qw6p.