CVE-2022-42264

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.

Published: 2022-12-30 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-42264 is rated Low Risk (34.8/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.07%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-42264

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 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.07% +0.03%
2 2023-03-07 0.89% 0.04% -0.84%
3 2022-12-31 — 0.89% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-42264

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]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-42264

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-42264

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-42264 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 7 source packages (nvidia-graphics-drivers, nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla, …), 19 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 17, open 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-42264
gentoo normal CVE-2022-42264: 1 GLSA(s) (202310-02), 1 atom(s) (x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2022-42264
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-42264 medium priority: Ubuntu including 28 source packages (nvidia-graphics-drivers-304, nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates, …), 297 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 143, ignored 60, released 42, not-affected 31, needs-triage 20, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-42264

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-42264

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nvidia virtual_gpu < 11.11 cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:virtual_gpu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nvidia virtual_gpu >= 12.0, < 13.6 cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:virtual_gpu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nvidia virtual_gpu >= 14.0, < 14.4 cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:virtual_gpu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nvidia cloud_gaming < 525.60.11 cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:cloud_gaming:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nvidia cloud_gaming < 525.60.12 cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:cloud_gaming:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nvidia gpu_display_driver >= 470, < 470.161.03 cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_display_driver:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
nvidia gpu_display_driver >= 510, < 510.108.03 cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_display_driver:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
nvidia gpu_display_driver >= 515, < 515.86.01 cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_display_driver:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
nvidia gpu_display_driver >= 450, < 450.216.04 cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_display_driver:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*

References for CVE-2022-42264

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