5.5

CVE-2022-34679: nvidia cloud_gaming NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-34679DEBIAN-CVE-2022-34679
Published 30-12-2022Last modified 23-04-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-34679 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in nvidia cloud_gaming. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.25%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 30-12-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler, where an unhandled return value can lead to a null-pointer dereference, which may lead to denial of service.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

15%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.24% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.25%

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

Ubuntu18 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-418-serverAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-430All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian4 products
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers< 510.108.03-1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla< 510.108.03-1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-470< 470.161.03-1
  • nvidia-open-gpu-kernel-modules< 515.86.01-1
Nvidia3 products

3 vendors · 25 products

References

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