What is CVE-2022-42265?

CVE-2022-42265 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Geforce, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-12-30.

How severe is CVE-2022-42265?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Integer overflow in NVIDIA Geforce

CVE-2022-42265

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvidia.ko), where an integer overflow may lead to information disclosure or data tampering.

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

Published 2022-12-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (14.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 15th percentile — 14.7% 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

NVIDIA Geforce
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver For Linux — versions All versions prior to and including 14.2, 13.4, and 11.9, and all versions prior to the November 2022 release
NVIDIA Nvs
NVIDIA Quadro
NVIDIA Rtx
NVIDIA Tesla

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5415 (Vendor Advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-02 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42265?: CVE-2022-42265 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Geforce, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-12-30.
How severe is CVE-2022-42265?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.