CVE-2022-42264

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-823

Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where an unprivileged regular user can cause the use of an out-of-range pointer offset, which may lead to data tampering, data loss, information disclosure, or denial of service.

Affected products

NVIDIA Cloud Gaming: before 525.60.11; before 525.60.12 — fixed in 525.60.11, 525.60.12
NVIDIA Guest driver: from 470 before 470.161.03; from 510 before 510.108.03; from 515 before 515.86.01; from 450 before 450.216.04 — fixed in 470.161.03, 510.108.03, 515.86.01, 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 525.60.11, 525.60.12; NVIDIA Guest driver 470.161.03, 510.108.03, 515.86.01, 450.216.04; NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software 11.11, 13.6, 14.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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