Nvidia Treiber: Mehrere Schwachstellen
WID-SEC-2022-2205 · first 01.12.2022 · updated 24.08.2026 · CVSS 8,8
What it is about
NVidia ist ein Hersteller von Grafikkarten. Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen im Nvidia Treiber ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand auszulösen, seine Privilegien zu erweitern und Daten zu manipulieren.
Under what conditions?
Only with access to the device or an account on it. Often the second step after a phishing email.
What can happen in the worst case
An attacker could use the vulnerability to
- beliebigen Code auszuführen
- Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen
- einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand auszulösen
- seine Privilegien zu erweitern
- Daten zu manipulieren
Am I affected?
Affected according to the BSI:
- Debian Linux
- Dell Computer
- Gentoo Linux
- Xerox FreeFlow Print Server v7
- Xerox FreeFlow Print Server v9
- Nvidia Treiber vGPU
- HP Computer
- Nvidia Treiber GPU
- Lenovo Computer
The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.
What helps?
Install the updates provided by the vendor; details in the sources below.
Is the vulnerability already being exploited?
None of the CVEs is in the CISA catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities. That does not mean there are no attacks, only that none are documented.
Information and sources
- Original BSI advisory (WID)
- Security Bulletin: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver - November 2022 vom 2022-11-30 nvidia.custhelp.com
- HP Security Bulletin HPSBHF03832 vom 2023-01-21 support.hp.com
- Dell Security Advisory DSA-2022-324 www.dell.com
- Debian Security Advisory DLA-3418 vom 2023-05-11 lists.debian.org
- Lenovo Security Advisory LEN-129488 vom 2023-07-11 support.lenovo.com
- HP Security Bulletin HPSBHF03867 vom 2023-09-12 support.hp.com
- Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA-202310-02 vom 2023-10-03 security.gentoo.org
- XEROX Security Advisory XRX24-005 vom 2024-03-04 security.business.xerox.com
- XEROX Security Advisory XRX24-004 vom 2024-03-04 security.business.xerox.com
- Lenovo Security Advisory LEN-150808 vom 2024-03-13 support.lenovo.com
- Debian Security Advisory DLA-4752 vom 2026-08-24 lists.debian.org
CVE: CVE-2022-34669, CVE-2022-34670, CVE-2022-34671, CVE-2022-34672, CVE-2022-34673, CVE-2022-34674, CVE-2022-34675, CVE-2022-34676, CVE-2022-34677, CVE-2022-34678, CVE-2022-34679, CVE-2022-34680, CVE-2022-34681, CVE-2022-34682, CVE-2022-34683, CVE-2022-34684, CVE-2022-42254, CVE-2022-42255, CVE-2022-42256, CVE-2022-42257 …
Source: BSI warning and information service (CERT-Bund); CISA. The assessment of the conditions is my reading of the BSI text; the external pages are in their original language.