CVE-2022-42285

Q: How do I fix CVE-2022-42285?

Upgrade sbios to 1.18 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2022-42285 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2022-42285 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.15% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 5% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2022-42285?

CVE-2022-42285 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.0, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2022-42285 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for sbios (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

MEDIUM

6.0

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

DGX A100 SBIOS contains a vulnerability in the Pre-EFI Initialization (PEI)phase, where a privileged user can disable SPI flash protection, which may lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, or data tampering.

CWE-1231

How to fix

Remediation Available

sbiosNVD

Affected:< 1.18Fixed in:1.18CVE-2022-42285derived from NVD

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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 RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.15%probability of exploitation in 30 days

5thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 5% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

nvidia.custhelp.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-1231 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2024-36354	High	7.5	0.2%	-	-
CVE-2025-52536	Unscored	-	0.1%	-	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2022-42285?

Upgrade sbios to 1.18 or later.

Is CVE-2022-42285 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2022-42285 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.15% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 5% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2022-42285?

CVE-2022-42285 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.0, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2022-42285 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for sbios (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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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.