CVE-2022-21814 (GCVE-0-2022-21814)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-07 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 02:53
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Summary
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel driver package, where improper handling of insufficient permissions or privileges may allow an unprivileged local user limited write access to protected memory, which can lead to denial of service.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-280 - Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges
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NVIDIA NVIDIA GPU Display Driver Affected: All GPU Drivers for Linux
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