Resource exhaustion in NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software And Cloud Gaming
CVE-2022-28191
NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (nvidia.ko), where uncontrolled resource consumption can be triggered by an unprivileged regular user, which may lead to denial of service.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.003 (16.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Nvidia Virtual Gpu Software And Cloud Gaming — versions vGPU version 14.x (prior to 14.1), version 13.x (prior to 13.3) and version 11.x (prior 11.8).
- Nvidia Virtual_gpu — versions 14.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- psirt@nvidia.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-28191?
- CVE-2022-28191 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software And Cloud Gaming, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-05-17.
- How severe is CVE-2022-28191?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.