🛡️ CVE-2022-21813 on Debian — nvidia-graphics-drivers

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel driver, 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.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2022-21813 as tracked by Debian, for the package nvidia-graphics-drivers. The fix is available in version 470.103.01-1; earlier versions remain affected.

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.

Affected software and timeline

Affected software: nvidia-graphics-drivers (fixed in 470.103.01-1) and nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-470 (fixed in 470.103.01-1). Published on 7 February 2022 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-02-07
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
nvidia-graphics-drivers — 470.103.01-1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-470 — 470.103.01-1

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