Detection of error condition without action in NVIDIA Data Center GPU Manager (DCGM) - CVE-2022-21820
Published: March 18, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU61470
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21820
CWE-ID:
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in nvhostengine. A local user can run a specially crafted program to execute arbitrary code on the system.
Affected software
NVIDIA Data Center GPU Manager (DCGM)
How to mitigate CVE-2022-21820
Install updates from vendor's website.
NVIDIA Data Center GPU Manager (DCGM) - update to 2.3.5