What is CVE-2022-42285?

CVE-2022-42285 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Dgx A100, classified under CWE-1231. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2023-01-13.

How severe is CVE-2022-42285?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in NVIDIA Dgx A100

CVE-2022-42285

DGX A100 SBIOS contains a vulnerability in the Pre-EFI Initialization (PEI)phase, where a privileged user can disable SPI flash protection, which may lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, or data tampering.

Published 2023-01-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (3.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 4th percentile — 3.8% 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 Dgx A100
NVIDIA Dgx Servers — versions All SBIOS firmware versions prior to 1.18
NVIDIA Sbios

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-1231

References

nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5435 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42285?: CVE-2022-42285 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Dgx A100, classified under CWE-1231. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2023-01-13.
How severe is CVE-2022-42285?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.