7.8

CVE-2022-31608: nvidia geforce, workstation, compute Improper Preservation of Permissions

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-31608DEBIAN-CVE-2022-31608
Published 18-11-2022Last modified 29-04-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-31608 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Improper Preservation of Permissions vulnerability in nvidia geforce, workstation, compute. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.28%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 1
MGASA-2022-0285MGASA-2022-0286USN-5547-1

Timeline

  1. 18-11-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 29-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in an optional D-Bus configuration file, where a local user with basic capabilities can impact protected D-Bus endpoints, which may lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.28%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

19%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.28% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.28%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu20 products
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-304All versions (No fix recorded)
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-340All versions (No fix recorded)
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-384All versions (No fix recorded)
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-390< 390.154-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | < 390.154-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | < 390.154-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-418-serverAll versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers< 470.141.03-1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-470< 470.141.03-1
Nvidia2 products

3 vendors · 24 products

References

6 links