CVE-2022-42258

Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 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: 2022-12-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-190

Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvidia.ko), where an integer overflow may lead to denial of service, data tampering, or information disclosure.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 10.0 (and their updates)
NVIDIA Cloud Gaming: before 525.60.12; before 525.60.11 — fixed in 525.60.12, 525.60.11
NVIDIA Guest driver: from 390 before 390.157; from 470 before 470.161.03; from 510 before 510.108.03; from 515 before 515.86.01; from 525 before 525.60.11; from 450 before 450.216.04 — fixed in 390.157, 470.161.03, 510.108.03, 515.86.01, 525.60.11, 450.216.04
NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software: before 11.11; from 12.0 before 13.6; from 14.0 before 14.4 — fixed in 11.11, 13.6, 14.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NVIDIA Cloud Gaming 525.60.12, 525.60.11; NVIDIA Guest driver 390.157, 470.161.03, 510.108.03, 515.86.01; NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software 11.11, 13.6, 14.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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