CVE-2022-42264

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-823CWE-119

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
NVIDIAvGPU software (guest driver) - Linux, vGPU software (Virtual GPU Manager), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (Virtual GPU Manager)All versions prior to and including 14.2, 13.4, and 11.9, and all versions prior to the November 2022 release

References

Timeline

Published
Dec 30, 2022
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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