CVE-2022-42255 is a high-severity vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux, specifically within the kernel mode layer (nvidia.ko), affecting products like Citrix, Red Hat, and VMware. This flaw involves an out-of-bounds array access that can lead to denial of service, information disclosure, or data tampering. With a CVSS score of 7.8, it represents a local attack with low complexity, requiring low privileges, and has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 11.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:virtual_gpu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.0, < 13.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:virtual_gpu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 14.0, < 14.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:virtual_gpu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 525.60.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:cloud_gaming:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 525.60.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:cloud_gaming:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.