CVE-2022-42292

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

NVIDIA GeForce Experience contains a vulnerability in the NVContainer component, where a user without administrator privileges can create a symbolic link to a file that requires elevated privileges to write to or modify, which may lead to denial of service, escalation of privilege or limited data tampering.

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-59

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Feb 12, 2023
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2022-42292: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix