{"schemaVersion":3,"id":"CVE-2022-21815","aliases":[],"status":"published","duplicateOf":null,"title":null,"description":"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.","dates":{"published":"2022-02-07T20:00:17.000Z","modified":"2024-08-03T02:53:36.246Z","reserved":null,"kevAdded":[],"kevDue":[]},"cvss":{"headline":{"score":5.5,"severity":"medium","version":"3.1","versionLabel":"v3.1","source":"CVE.org","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","computed":false,"selection":"backend-summary"},"metrics":[{"version":"3.1","versionLabel":"v3.1","source":"CVE.org","score":5.5,"severity":"medium","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","exploitability":null,"impact":null,"computed":false},{"version":"3.1","versionLabel":"v3.1","source":"NVD","score":5.5,"severity":"medium","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","exploitability":null,"impact":null,"computed":false},{"version":"2.0","versionLabel":"v2.0","source":"NVD","score":4.9,"severity":"medium","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C","exploitability":null,"impact":null,"computed":false}]},"epss":{"probability":0.00212,"percentile":0.10806,"severity":"low","asOf":"2026-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","change":{"pp":0,"baselineDate":"2026-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","baselineScore":0.00212},"history":[{"date":"2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":0.10806}],"last30":[{"date":"2026-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00212,"percentile":0.10806}]},"kev":{"state":"not-listed","entries":[],"listedCount":0,"totalCatalogs":3,"catalogs":[{"source":"cisa","label":"CISA","listed":false,"entry":null},{"source":"enisa","label":"ENISA","listed":false,"entry":null},{"source":"circl","label":"CIRCL","listed":false,"entry":null}]},"ransomware":{"state":"none-recorded","sources":[]},"exploits":[],"exploitCount":0,"weaknesses":[{"id":"CWE-476","name":"NULL Pointer Dereference","description":"The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.","type":"weakness","status":"Stable","abstraction":"Base","likelihoodOfExploit":"Medium","url":"https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html"}],"affected":[{"vendor":"nvidia","product":"cloud_gaming_guest","name":"cloud gaming guest","label":"cloud_gaming_guest","ecosystem":null,"cpePart":"a","purl":null,"purlType":null,"versions":[{"text":"na","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"na","eol":null,"hubHref":"/vendor/nvidia/cloud_gaming_guest"},{"vendor":"nvidia","product":"geforce","name":"geforce","label":"geforce","ecosystem":null,"cpePart":"a","purl":null,"purlType":null,"versions":[{"text":"na","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"na","eol":null,"hubHref":"/vendor/nvidia/geforce"},{"vendor":"nvidia","product":"gpu_display_driver","name":"gpu display driver","label":"gpu_display_driver","ecosystem":null,"cpePart":"a","purl":null,"purlType":null,"versions":[{"text":"na","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"na","eol":null,"hubHref":"/vendor/nvidia/gpu_display_driver"},{"vendor":"nvidia","product":"nvidia gpu display driver","name":"NVIDIA GPU Display Driver","label":"nvidia gpu display driver","ecosystem":null,"cpePart":"a","purl":null,"purlType":null,"versions":[{"text":"All GPU Driver versions for Windows","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"All GPU Driver versions for Windows","eol":null,"hubHref":"/vendor/nvidia/nvidia_gpu_display_driver"},{"vendor":"nvidia","product":"nvs","name":"nvs","label":"nvs","ecosystem":null,"cpePart":"a","purl":null,"purlType":null,"versions":[{"text":"na","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"na","eol":null,"hubHref":"/vendor/nvidia/nvs"},{"vendor":"nvidia","product":"quadro","name":"quadro","label":"quadro","ecosystem":null,"cpePart":"a","purl":null,"purlType":null,"versions":[{"text":"na","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"na","eol":null,"hubHref":"/vendor/nvidia/quadro"},{"vendor":"nvidia","product":"rtx","name":"rtx","label":"rtx","ecosystem":null,"cpePart":"a","purl":null,"purlType":null,"versions":[{"text":"na","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"na","eol":null,"hubHref":"/vendor/nvidia/rtx"},{"vendor":"nvidia","product":"studio","name":"studio","label":"studio","ecosystem":null,"cpePart":"a","purl":null,"purlType":null,"versions":[{"text":"na","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"na","eol":null,"hubHref":"/vendor/nvidia/studio"},{"vendor":"nvidia","product":"tesla","name":"tesla","label":"tesla","ecosystem":null,"cpePart":"a","purl":null,"purlType":null,"versions":[{"text":"na","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"na","eol":null,"hubHref":"/vendor/nvidia/tesla"},{"vendor":"nvidia","product":"virtual_gpu","name":"virtual gpu","label":"virtual_gpu","ecosystem":null,"cpePart":"a","purl":null,"purlType":null,"versions":[{"text":"na","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"na","eol":null,"hubHref":"/vendor/nvidia/virtual_gpu"}],"affectedCount":10,"eol":{"hasEol":false,"count":0},"references":[{"url":"https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5312","label":"nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5312","hostname":"nvidia.custhelp.com","tags":["X Refsource MISC","Vendor Advisory"]}],"lineage":{"upstream":[],"downstream":[],"duplicates":[],"related":[]},"timeline":[{"kind":"published","date":"2022-02-07T20:00:17.000Z","label":"Published","detail":"Vulnerability first disclosed.","source":null},{"kind":"modified","date":"2024-08-03T02:53:36.246Z","label":"Last modified","detail":"Vulnerability information updated.","source":null}],"risk":{"score":22,"level":"low","profile":"Default","thresholds":{"critical":75,"high":50,"medium":25,"low":10}},"meta":{"dataAsOf":"2026-10-19T19:59:00.191Z","stale":false,"partial":false}}