CVE-2022-42281 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

NVIDIA DGX A100 contains a vulnerability in SBIOS in the FsRecovery, which may allow a highly privileged local attacker to cause an out-of-bounds write, which may lead to code execution, denial of service, compromised integrity, and information disclosure.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0004.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Nvidia	Dgx A100 Dgx A100 Firmware

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-45356	NVIDIA DGX A100 contains a vulnerability in SBIOS in the FsRecovery, which may allow a highly privileged local attacker to cause an out-of-bounds write, which may lead to code execution, denial of service, compromised integrity, and information disclosure.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

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

History

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: nvidia

Published: 2023-01-13T01:37:05.251Z

Updated: 2025-04-07T18:47:36.323Z

Reserved: 2022-10-03T14:20:26.206Z

Link: CVE-2022-42281

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:03:45.910Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-13T02:15:08.280

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:24:39.820

Link: CVE-2022-42281

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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