SB2022020180 - Denial of service in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows
Published: February 1, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022020180
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21815)
CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for private IOCTLs in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows. A local user can run a specially crafted application to trigger a NULL pointer dereference error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.