Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-28182 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Nvidia GPU Display Driver and Virtual GPU

047910
CVSS 8.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
HIGH
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
high complexity
nvidia
CWE-787

Summary

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the DirectX11 user mode driver (nvwgf2um/x.dll), where an unauthorized attacker on the network can cause an out-of-bounds write through a specially crafted shader, which may lead to code execution to cause denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering. The scope of the impact may extend to other components.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)