Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-28197 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in Nvidia Jetson Linux

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
HIGH
Privileges required
HIGH
Confidentiality impact
LOW
Integrity impact
LOW
Availability impact
LOW
local
high complexity
nvidia
CWE-190

Summary

NVIDIA Jetson Linux Driver Package contains a vulnerability in the Cboot ext4_mount function, where Insufficient validation of untrusted data may allow a highly privileged local attacker to cause an integer overflow. This difficult-to-exploit vulnerability may lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, limited denial of service, and some impact to confidentiality and integrity. The scope of impact can extend to other components.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Forced Integer Overflow
    This attack forces an integer variable to go out of range. The integer variable is often used as an offset such as size of memory allocation or similarly. The attacker would typically control the value of such variable and try to get it out of range. For instance the integer in question is incremented past the maximum possible value, it may wrap to become a very small, or negative number, therefore providing a very incorrect value which can lead to unexpected behavior. At worst the attacker can execute arbitrary code.