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

EPSS: 0.003 (22.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Linux 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

psirt@nvidia.com (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@nvidia.com (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.