Out-of-bounds read in NVIDIA vGPU Software and NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver - CVE-2022-31612

 

Out-of-bounds read in NVIDIA vGPU Software and NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver - CVE-2022-31612

Published: August 9, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU66206
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-31612
CWE-ID: CWE-125
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 a boundary error in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds read and execute arbitrary code on the target system with elevated privileges.


Affected software

NVIDIA vGPU Software
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver

How to mitigate CVE-2022-31612

Install updates from vendor's website.

NVIDIA vGPU Software - addressed in versions 11.9, 13.4, 14.2
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver - addressed in versions 473.81, 516.94

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