Is CVE-2022-42292 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-42292 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-42292?

CVE-2022-42292 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-42292?

CVE-2022-42292 has an EPSS score of 0.18% (8th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-42292?

Upgrade geforce experience to 3.27.0.112 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-42292

MEDIUM

5.0

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

NVIDIA GeForce Experience contains a vulnerability in the NVContainer component, where a user without administrator privileges can create a symbolic link to a file that requires elevated privileges to write to or modify, which may lead to denial of service, escalation of privilege or limited data tampering.

CWE-59Link Following

How to fix

Remediation Available

geforce experienceNVD

Affected:< 3.27.0.112Fixed in:3.27.0.112CVE-2022-42292derived 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 ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.18%probability of exploitation in 30 days

8thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 8% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

nvidia.custhelp.com

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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.