CVE-2022-42291: Security Bulletin: NVIDIA GeForce Experience - January 2023

Details

This section provides a summary of potential vulnerabilities that this security update addresses and their impact. Descriptions use CWE™, and base scores and vectors use CVSS v3.1 standards.

CVE ID

Description

Base Score

Vector

CVE‑2022‑42291

NVIDIA GeForce Experience contains a vulnerability in the installer, where a user installing the NVIDIA GeForce Experience software may inadvertently delete data from a linked location, which may lead to data tampering. An attacker does not have explicit control over the exploitation of this vulnerability, which requires the user to explicitly launch the installer from the compromised directory.

8.2

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

CVE‑2022‑31611

NVIDIA GeForce Experience contains an uncontrolled search path vulnerability in all its client installers, where an attacker with user level privileges may cause the installer to load an arbitrary DLL when the installer is launched. A successful exploit of this vulnerability could lead to escalation of privileges and code execution.

6.8

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

CVE‑2022‑42292

NVIDIA GeForce Experience contains a vulnerability in the NVContainer component, where a user without administrator privileges can create a symbolic link to a file that requires elevated privileges to write to or modify, which may lead to denial of service, escalation of privilege or limited data tampering.

5.0

AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

The NVIDIA risk assessment is based on an average of risk across a diverse set of installed systems and may not represent the true risk to your local installation. NVIDIA recommends evaluating the risk to your specific configuration.

Security Updates

The following table lists the NVIDIA software products affected, versions affected, and the updated version that includes this security update.

Download the updates through the GeForce Experience Downloads page, or open the client to automatically apply the security update.

CVE IDs Addressed

Software Product

Operating System

Affected Versions

Updated Version

CVE‑2022‑42291
CVE‑2022‑31611
CVE‑2022‑42292

GeForce Experience

Windows

All versions prior to 3.27.0.112

3.27.0.112

Notes:

• Earlier software releases that support this product are also affected. If you are using an earlier release, upgrade to the latest release.

Acknowledgements

CVE‑2022‑42291 and CVE‑2022‑31611: NVIDIA thanks Minse Kim of DNSLab, Korea University for reporting these issues.

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Revision History

Revision

Date

Description

1.1

January 30, 2023

Updated the affected and updated versions in the Security Updates table

1.0

January 30, 2023

Initial release

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