Denial of service in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows

1) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU60220

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21815

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

GeForce driver for Windows: before 511.65

NVS: before 511.65

External links

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5312

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.