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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-28186

medium Nessus Plugin ID 262402

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape, where the product receives input or data, but does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly, which may lead to denial of service or data tampering. (CVE-2022-28186)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-28186

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 262402

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2022_28186.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/10/2025

Updated: 9/10/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-28186

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-435, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-440, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-304, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-340, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-384, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-430, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-440-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-455

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-28186