What is CVE-2022-42283?

CVE-2022-42283 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Bmc, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2023-01-13.

How severe is CVE-2022-42283?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Nvidia Bmc

CVE-2022-42283

NVIDIA BMC contains a vulnerability in IPMI handler, where an authorized attacker can cause a buffer overflow and cause a denial of service or gain code execution.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.002 (11.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Nvidia Bmc
Nvidia Dgx_a100
Nvidia Dgx Servers — versions All BMC firmware versions prior to 00.19.07

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

psirt@nvidia.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42283?: CVE-2022-42283 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Bmc, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2023-01-13.
How severe is CVE-2022-42283?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.