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🛡️ CVE-2022-31608 on Ubuntu — nvidia-graphics-drivers-304

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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CVSS Score
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Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in an optional D-Bus configuration file, where a local user with basic capabilities can impact protected D-Bus endpoints, which may lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2022-31608 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package nvidia-graphics-drivers-304. The fix is available in version 390.154-0ubuntu0.22.04.1; 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 high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

UBUNTU-CVE-2022-31608 is classified as CWE-281: Improper Preservation of Permissions. Permissions are not carried over correctly during an operation such as copy or restore, widening access.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2022-31608 is recorded against 20 packages.

  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-304
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-340
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-384
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 (fixed in 390.154-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-418-server
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-430
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-435
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-440
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-440-server
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-450
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server (fixed in 450.203.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-455
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-460
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-460-server
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 (fixed in 470.141.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-470-server (fixed in 470.141.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-510 (fixed in 510.85.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-510-server (fixed in 510.85.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-515 (fixed in 515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-515-server (fixed in 515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)

Timeline and source

Published on 2 August 2022 and last revised on 22 April 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
nvidia.custhelp.com (Report)
ubuntu.com (Advisory)
www.cve.org (Report)

Other advisories for this package

nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-281: Improper Preservation of Permissions) in other software:

CVE-2022-31608 on other distributions

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

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-08-02
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-04-22
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 — 390.154-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-418-server — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-430 — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-435 — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-440 — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-440-server — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-450 — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server — 450.203.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-455 — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-460 — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-460-server — —
nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 — 470.141.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-470-server — 470.141.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-510 — 510.85.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-510-server — 510.85.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-515 — 515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-515-server — 515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

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