CVE-2022-28184

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape, where an unprivileged regular user can access administrator- privileged registers, which may lead to denial of service, information disclosure, and data tampering.

Published: 2022-05-17 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-28184 is rated Low Risk (35.6/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.29%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-28184

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.19% 0.29% +0.10%
2 2026-05-22 0.11% 0.19% +0.08%
3 2025-11-21 0.11%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-28184

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.1 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
1.8 5.2 [email protected]
7.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
1.8 5.9 [email protected]
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-28184

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-28184

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-28184 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 3 source packages (nvidia-graphics-drivers, nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-460, nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-470), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 8, open 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-28184
gentoo normal CVE-2022-28184: 1 GLSA(s) (202310-02), 1 atom(s) (x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2022-28184
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-28184 medium priority: Ubuntu including 26 source packages (nvidia-graphics-drivers-304, nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates, …), 364 status rows across 14 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 216, ignored 59, not-affected 38, needs-triage 27, released 24. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-28184

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-28184

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nvidia gpu_display_driver cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_display_driver:-:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
nvidia gpu_display_driver cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_display_driver:-:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
nvidia virtual_gpu >= 11.0, < 11.8 cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:virtual_gpu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nvidia virtual_gpu >= 13.0, < 13.3 cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:virtual_gpu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nvidia virtual_gpu 14.0 cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:virtual_gpu:14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-28184

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