What is CVE-2022-31615?

CVE-2022-31615 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Geforce, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-11-19.

How severe is CVE-2022-31615?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in NVIDIA Geforce

CVE-2022-31615

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where a local user with basic capabilities can cause a null-pointer dereference, which may lead to denial of service.

Published 2022-11-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (12.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 12th percentile — 12.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

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-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5383 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-02 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-31615?: CVE-2022-31615 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Geforce, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-11-19.
How severe is CVE-2022-31615?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.