CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-21815

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Feb 07, 2022 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for private IOCTLs where a NULL pointer dereference in the kernel, created within user mode code, may lead to a denial of service in the form of a system crash.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Cloud_gaming_guestNvidia- (including)- (including)
GeforceNvidia- (including)- (including)
Gpu_display_driverNvidia- (including)- (including)
NvsNvidia- (including)- (including)
QuadroNvidia- (including)- (including)
RtxNvidia- (including)- (including)
StudioNvidia- (including)- (including)
TeslaNvidia- (including)- (including)
Virtual_gpuNvidia- (including)- (including)

Potential Mitigations

References