CVE-2022-42276 (GCVE-0-2022-42276)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-13 01:32 – Updated: 2025-04-07 15:29
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NVIDIA DGX A100 contains a vulnerability in SBIOS in the SmiFlash, where a local user with elevated privileges can read, write and erase flash, which may lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, denial of service, and information disclosure. The scope of impact can extend to other components.
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7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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NVIDIA NVIDIA DGX servers Affected: All SBIOS firmware versions prior to 1.18
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