🛡️ CVE-2022-21814 — geforce

🟡 CVSS 6.1 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-280 NVD

6.1

CVSS Score

0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel driver package, where improper handling of insufficient permissions or privileges may allow an unprivileged local user limited write access to protected memory, which can lead to denial of service.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-21814 is classified as CWE-280: Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges. The product does not handle or incorrectly handles when it has insufficient privileges to access resources or functionality as specified by their permissions. This may cause it to follow unexpected code paths that may leave the product in an invalid state.

Affected software

CVE-2022-21814 is recorded against 6 packages.

geforce
gpu-display-driver
nvs
quadro
rtx
tesla

Timeline and source

Published on 7 February 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

nvidia.custhelp.com
security.gentoo.org
nvidia.custhelp.com
security.gentoo.org

CVE-2022-21814 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Debian Ubuntu

Details

Severity MEDIUM

CVSS Score 6.1

CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

CWE CWE-280

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source NVD

Published 2022-02-07

Updated 2026-08-11

Modified 2026-06-17

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
geforce	—	—
gpu-display-driver	—	—
nvs	—	—
quadro	—	—
rtx	—	—
tesla	—	—

References

Vendor Advisory https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5312

Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-02

Vendor Advisory https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5312

Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-02

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