CVE-2022-28181

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.9 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-05-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-787

Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where an unprivileged regular user on the network can cause an out-of-bounds write through a specially crafted shader, which may lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering. The scope of the impact may extend to other components.

Affected products

NVIDIA Guest driver: all versions
NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software: from 11.0 before 11.8; from 13.0 before 13.3; 14.0 — fixed in 11.8, 13.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software 11.8, 13.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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