High severity · published Dec 30, 2022
CVE-2022-34670
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler, where an unprivileged regular user can cause truncation errors when casting a…
7.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler, where an unprivileged regular user can cause truncation errors when casting a primitive to a primitive of smaller size causes data to be lost in the conversion, which may lead to denial of service or information disclosure.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 20% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CG
Cloud Gaming · Nvidia
before 525.60.11; before 525.60.12 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
GD
Gpu Display Driver · Nvidia
390 before 390.157; 470 before 470.161.03; 510 before 510.108.03; 515 before 515.86.01; 525 before 525.60.11; 450 before 450.216.04; +4 more · source: NVD
VG
Virtual Gpu · Nvidia
before 11.11; 12.0 before 13.6; 14.0 before 14.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-34670
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-34670
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00010.html
Vendor Advisory
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5415
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-02
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