What is CVE-2022-31608?

CVE-2022-31608 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Geforce, classified under Improper Preservation of Permissions. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-11-19.

How severe is CVE-2022-31608?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Nvidia Geforce

CVE-2022-31608

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in an optional D-Bus configuration file, where a local user with basic capabilities can impact protected D-Bus endpoints, which may lead to code execution, denial of service, esc…

EPSS: 0.002 (13.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Nvidia Geforce
Nvidia Geforce, Workstation, Compute — versions All versions prior to the August 2022 release
Nvidia Gpu_display_driver
Nvidia Rtx
Nvidia Tesla

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-281 — Improper Preservation of Permissions

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-31608?: CVE-2022-31608 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Geforce, classified under Improper Preservation of Permissions. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-11-19.
How severe is CVE-2022-31608?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.