CVE-2022-42288
Published: 13 January 2023
Summary
CVE-2022-42288 is a medium-severity Observable Timing Discrepancy (CWE-208) vulnerability in Nvidia Dgx A100 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 41.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-45363
Vulnerability details
NVIDIA BMC contains a vulnerability in IPMI handler, where an unauthorized attacker can use certain oracles to guess a valid BMC username, which may lead to an information disclosure.
- 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.
Misdirection can normalize or falsify responses to eliminate observable discrepancies that aid reconnaissance.
Observable timing discrepancies are a primary mechanism for constructing covert timing channels; analysis identifies and bounds them, limiting exploitation.
Prevents attackers from using observable differences in error responses to infer internal system details or state.