CVE-2022-42268 is a critical vulnerability affecting NVIDIA Omniverse Kit reference applications, including Create, Audio2Face, Isaac Sim, View, Code, and Machinima. This flaw allows malicious Python code embedded within Universal Scene Description (USD) files to execute automatically when opened by a user. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) but can lead to significant impacts such as information disclosure, data tampering, and denial of service, as an unprivileged remote attacker could craft a malicious USD file. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2022.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:nvidia_isaac_sim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2022.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:omniverse_audio2face:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2022.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:omniverse_code:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2022.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:omniverse_create:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2022.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:omniverse_machinima:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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