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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2022-42261: NVIDIA Drivers: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2022-42261: NVIDIA Drivers: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/30/2022
Created
10/04/2023
Added
10/04/2023
Modified
10/04/2023

Description

NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (vGPU plugin), where an input index is not validated, which may lead to buffer overrun, which in turn may cause data tampering, information disclosure, or denial of service.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-x11-drivers-nvidia-drivers

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