Is CVE-2022-42266 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-42266 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-42266?

CVE-2022-42266 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-42266?

CVE-2022-42266 has an EPSS score of 0.19% (9th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-42266?

Upgrade cloud gaming to 527.27 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-42266

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape, where an unprivileged regular user can cause exposure of sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information, which may lead to limited information disclosure.

CWE-200Information Exposure

How to fix

Remediation Available

cloud gamingNVD

Affected:< 527.27Fixed in:527.27CVE-2022-42266derived from NVD

virtual gpuNVD

Affected:>= 14.0, < 14.4Fixed in:14.4CVE-2022-42266derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.19%probability of exploitation in 30 days

9thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 9% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

nvidia.custhelp.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-200 (Information Exposure) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2024-24919	High	8.6	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-14181	Medium	5.3	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-34429	Medium	5.3	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-11409	Medium	5.3	98%	-	-
CVE-2021-41277	Critical	10.0	97%	KEV	-
CVE-2016-2183	High	7.5	96%	-	Fix

Embed a live status badge for CVE-2022-42266

Markdown

[![CVE-2022-42266](https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2022-42266.svg)](https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2022-42266)

HTML

<a href="https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2022-42266"><img src="https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2022-42266.svg" alt="CVE-2022-42266"></a>

Find and fix vulnerabilities across your fleet

TridentStack Control continuously scans your Windows, macOS, and Linux fleet for known vulnerabilities, prioritizes them by severity and active exploitation, and patches them automatically.

Start free

This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.