Buffer overflow in nVidia products - CVE-2022-28196

 

Buffer overflow in nVidia products - CVE-2022-28196

Published: April 26, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU62607
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-28196
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: nVidia
Affected software:
Jetson Xavier NX
Jetson TX2 series
Jetson TX2 NX
Jetson AGX Xavier series

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the Cboot blob_decompress. A local user can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.


How to mitigate CVE-2022-28196

Install updates from vendor's website.

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