CVE-2022-42272
Published: 12 January 2023
Summary
CVE-2022-42272 is a high-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Nvidia Dgx A100 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 25.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-45347
Vulnerability details
NVIDIA BMC contains a vulnerability in IPMI handler, where an authorized attacker can cause a buffer overflow, which may lead to code execution, denial of service or escalation of privileges.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.