What is CVE-2022-21814?

CVE-2022-21814 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Linux_kernel, classified under Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-02-07.

How severe is CVE-2022-21814?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux Linux_kernel

CVE-2022-21814

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel driver package, where improper handling of insufficient permissions or privileges may allow an unprivileged local user limited write access to protected memory, whi…

EPSS: 0.002 (14.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H.

Affected products

Linux Linux_kernel
Nvidia Geforce
Nvidia Gpu_display_driver
Nvidia Gpu Display Driver — versions All GPU Drivers for Linux
Nvidia Nvs
Nvidia Quadro
Nvidia Rtx
Nvidia Tesla

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

psirt@nvidia.com (Vendor Advisory)
psirt@nvidia.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-21814?: CVE-2022-21814 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Linux_kernel, classified under Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-02-07.
How severe is CVE-2022-21814?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.