Denial of service in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows

1) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU60220

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21815

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for private IOCTLs in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows. A local user can run a specially crafted application to trigger a NULL pointer dereference error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver: before 472.98

NVS: before 472.98

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:nvidia_windows_gpu_display_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:nvs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5312

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to open a a specially crafted file.

The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.