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
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-42273
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.


Affected software

DGX Station A100
DGX Station A800
Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)

How to mitigate CVE-2022-42273

Install updates from vendor's website.

Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - update to 2.09.00

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