Buffer overflow in nVidia products - CVE-2022-42273

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Buffer overflow in nVidia products - CVE-2022-42273

Published: February 9, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU86293
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-42273
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
DGX Station A100
DGX Station A800
Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
Software vendor:
nVidia

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in libwebsocket. A remote user can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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