PT-2022-3250 · Nvidia · Nvidia Gpu Display Driver

Published 2022-03-30 · Updated 2025-09-29 · CVE-2022-28189

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 DxgkDdiEscape, which may lead to a system crash. This can be exploited to cause a denial of service. The nvlddmkm.sys handler is specifically affected.

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

BDU:2022-03958

CVE-2022-28189

Affected Products

Nvidia Gpu Display Driver

References · 8

• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-28189 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-28189 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5353 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28189 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-03958 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28189 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/30370 · Telegram Post
• https://vuldb.com/ru/?id.200234 · Note