What is CVE-2022-28185?

CVE-2022-28185 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2022-05-17.

How severe is CVE-2022-28185?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Linux Kernel

CVE-2022-28185

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the ECC layer, where an unprivileged regular user can cause an out-of-bounds write, which may lead to denial of service and data tampering.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2022-05-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (20.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 20.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Linux Kernel
Microsoft Windows
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver — versions All GPU Driver versions for Windows and Linux
NVIDIA Virtual GPU — versions 14.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5353 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-02 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-28185?: CVE-2022-28185 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2022-05-17.
How severe is CVE-2022-28185?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.