Vulnerability Report

CVE-2022-42292

Title: Nvidia Geforce Experience Denial of Service (DoS)

Denial of Service (DoS)

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2022-42292.

CWE Category CWE-59
Published Date Feb 12, 2023
Modified Date Nov 21, 2024
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.0 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.18%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2022-42292: NVIDIA GeForce Experience contains a vulnerability in the NVContainer component, where a user without administrator privileges can create a symbolic link to a file that requires elevated privileges to write to or modify, which may lead to denial of service, escalation of privilege or limited data tampering.

Impacted Vendors

N
nvidia 1

Reference Links

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5384 https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5384
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2022-42292 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity HIGH
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.