CVE-2022-21821

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-03-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-1285

Description

NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit SDK contains an integer overflow vulnerability in cuobjdump.To exploit this vulnerability, a remote attacker would require a local user to download a specially crafted, corrupted file and locally execute cuobjdump against the file. Such an attack may lead to remote code execution that causes complete denial of service and an impact on data confidentiality and integrity.

Affected products

NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit: before 11.6.2 — fixed in 11.6.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit 11.6.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5334
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5334

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