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CVE-2022-28184

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% 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-284

Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape, where an unprivileged regular user can access administrator- privileged registers, which may lead to denial of service, information disclosure, and data tampering.

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

• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5353
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-02
• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5353
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-02

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