🛡️ CVE-2022-31613 — cloud-gaming-guest

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Changed — a successful attack reaches components beyond the vulnerable one.
• Confidentiality impact: None.
• Integrity impact: None.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-31613 is classified as CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference. A pointer that can be null is used without a check, crashing the process.

Affected software

CVE-2022-31613 is recorded against 3 packages.

• cloud-gaming-guest (fixed in 516.94)
• gpu-display-driver (from 516.25 up to 516.94)
• virtual-gpu

Timeline and source

Published on 19 November 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

nvidia.custhelp.com
nvidia.custhelp.com

Other advisories for this package

cloud-gaming-guest has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2022-31616 (6.1 Medium, published 19 Nov 2022)
• CVE-2022-31612 (7.1 High, published 19 Nov 2022)
• CVE-2022-31610 (7.8 High, published 19 Nov 2022)
• CVE-2022-31606 (7.8 High, published 19 Nov 2022)
• CVE-2022-31607 (7.8 High, published 19 Nov 2022)
• CVE-2022-34665 (6.5 Medium, published 19 Nov 2022)
• CVE-2022-31617 (7.8 High, published 19 Nov 2022)
• CVE-2022-21815 (5.5 Medium, published 7 Feb 2022)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference) in other software:

• CVE-2022-36014 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-25670 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-36013 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-25665 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-36000 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-25660 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-35965 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-25674 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)

CVE-2022-31613 on other distributions

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

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