CVE-2022-34683NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape, where a…

5.5MediumCVSS base score
0.33%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 73% of all CVEs
NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
NonePublic exploitsnone known yet

Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape, where a null-pointer dereference occurs, which may lead to denial of service.

Timeline

2022
27 Jun 2022
27 Jun 2022
ID reserved
By nvidia
30 Dec 20226 months later
30 Dec 2022· 6 months later
Published
2025
11 Apr 20252 years later
11 Apr 2025· 2 years later
Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2022-34683, by who scored it
Scored by	CVSS	Score	Vector
nvidiaCNA (assigner)	3.1	Medium5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVDNVD · Modified	3.1	Medium5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days): 0.33% · top 73% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC: Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.

Affected products

NVIDIA · vGPU software (guest driver) - Windows, NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver)
- affected All versions prior to and including 14.2, 13.4, and 11.9, and all versions prior to the November 2022 release

References1

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5415 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

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Record last updated 11 Apr 2025, 15:53 UTC.