Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-42260

High

Published: 30 December 2022

Published
30 December 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0024 47.6th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-42260 is a high-severity Improper Preservation of Permissions (CWE-281) vulnerability in Nvidia Gpu Display Driver. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 47.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

NVIDIA vGPU Display Driver for Linux guest contains a vulnerability in a D-Bus configuration file, where an unauthorized user in the guest VM can impact protected D-Bus endpoints, which may lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges,…

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information disclosure, or data tampering.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

nvidia
virtual gpu
≤ 11.11 · 12.0 — 13.6 · 14.0 — 14.4
nvidia
cloud gaming
≤ 525.60.11 · ≤ 525.60.12
nvidia
gpu display driver
470 — 470.161.03 · 510 — 510.108.03 · 450 — 450.216.04

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-281

Forces removal or modification of permissions no longer required after reassignment, preventing improper preservation of old access rights.

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