CVE-2022-42256

Public on 2022-12-13

Modified on 2023-01-18

Description

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

Severity

Medium

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CVSS v3 Base Score

5.3

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory	Status
Amazon Linux 1	nvidia			Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Core	nvidia			Pending Fix

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv3	5.3	AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD	CVSSv3	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2022-42256 Mitre: CVE-2022-42256