Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU61470

#VU61470 Detection of error condition without action in NVIDIA Data Center GPU Manager (DCGM) - CVE-2022-21820

Published: March 18, 2022

Vulnerability identifier: #VU61470

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 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-2022-21820

CWE-ID:

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
NVIDIA Data Center GPU Manager (DCGM)

Software vendor:
nVidia

Description

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.

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