CVE-2022-42261

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: 2022-12-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-120

Description

NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (vGPU plugin), where an input index is not validated, which may lead to buffer overrun, which in turn may cause data tampering, information disclosure, or denial of service.

Affected products

NVIDIA Cloud Gaming: before 525.60.12 — fixed in 525.60.12
NVIDIA Guest driver: from 470 before 470.161.03; from 510 before 510.108.03; from 450 before 450.216.04 — fixed in 470.161.03, 510.108.03, 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; NVIDIA Guest driver 470.161.03, 510.108.03, 450.216.04; NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software 11.11, 13.6, 14.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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