NVIDIA vGPU Plugin Null Pointer Deref. leads to DoS
CVE-2022-31618 Published on August 5, 2022
NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (vGPU plugin), where it can dereference a null pointer, which may lead to denial of service.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2022-31618 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Type
NULL Pointer Dereference
A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. NULL pointer dereference issues can occur through a number of flaws, including race conditions, and simple programming omissions.
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Affected Versions
NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software and NVIDIA Cloud Gaming Version vGPU version 14.x (prior to 14.2), version 13.x (prior to 13.4) and version 11.x (prior 11.9). is affected by CVE-2022-31618Exploit Probability
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