PT-2022-15149 · Nvidia · Nvidia Gpu Display Driver

CVE-2022-21815 · Published 2022-02-07 · Updated 2022-09-03

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a NULL pointer dereference in the kernel mode layer handler for private IOCTLs, which can lead to a denial of service in the form of a system crash. This occurs when a NULL pointer is created within user mode code and dereferenced in the kernel.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-21815

Affected Products

Nvidia Gpu Display Driver

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21815 · Security Note
• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5312 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/36972 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/35678 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/26692 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/26405 · Telegram Post