🛡️ CVE-2022-28181 on Debian — nvidia-graphics-drivers

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

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where an unprivileged regular user on the network can cause an out-of-bounds write through a specially crafted shader, which may lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering. The scope of the impact may extend to other components.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2022-28181 as tracked by Debian, for the package nvidia-graphics-drivers. The fix is available in version 470.129.06-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level 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 high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-28181 is classified as CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write. Data is written past the end or before the start of a buffer, corrupting whatever is stored there.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-28181 is recorded against 6 packages.

  • nvidia-graphics-drivers (fixed in 470.129.06-1)
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-390xx (fixed in 390.151-1~deb11u1)
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-418
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-450 (fixed in 450.191.01-1~deb11u1)
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-460
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-470 (fixed in 470.129.06-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 17 May 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)

CVE-2022-28181 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-17
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
nvidia-graphics-drivers — 470.129.06-1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-390xx — 390.151-1~deb11u1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-418 — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-450 — 450.191.01-1~deb11u1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-460 — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-470 — 470.129.06-1

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