CVE-2022-21815 (GCVE-0-2022-21815)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-07 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 02:53
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Summary
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.
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
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NVIDIA NVIDIA GPU Display Driver Affected: All GPU Driver versions for Windows
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