CVE-2022-42273 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

NVIDIA BMC contains a vulnerability in libwebsocket, where an authorized attacker can cause a buffer overflow and cause a denial of service or gain code execution.

Published: 2023-01-12

Score: 8.1 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

NVIDIA

NVIDIA DGX servers

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`All BMC firmware versions prior to 00.19.07`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:dgx_a100_firmware:*:*:*:*:bmc:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:dgx_a100:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-45348	NVIDIA BMC contains a vulnerability in libwebsocket, where an authorized attacker can cause a buffer overflow and cause a denial of service or gain code execution.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00569.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5435

History

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Nvidia Dgx A100 Dgx A100 Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: nvidia

Published: 2023-01-12T22:17:59.014Z

Updated: 2025-04-07T19:46:05.442Z

Reserved: 2022-10-03T14:20:26.204Z

Link: CVE-2022-42273

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:03:45.916Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-12T23:15:10.053

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:24:38.177

Link: CVE-2022-42273

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-120

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