CVE-2022-42291

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-02-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-1386

Description

NVIDIA GeForce Experience contains a vulnerability in the installer, where a user installing the NVIDIA GeForce Experience software may inadvertently delete data from a linked location, which may lead to data tampering. An attacker does not have explicit control over the exploitation of this vulnerability, which requires the user to explicitly launch the installer from the compromised directory.

Affected products

Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions): before 3.27.0.112 — fixed in 3.27.0.112

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions) 3.27.0.112. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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