CVE-2022-42271 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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

Published: 2023-01-11

Score: 8.4 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.

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-45346	NVIDIA BMC contains a vulnerability in IPMI handler, 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 Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

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 0.00174.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

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

History

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +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: 2023-01-11T06:00:01.038Z

Updated: 2025-04-08T15:51:42.647Z

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

Link: CVE-2022-42271

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:03:45.777Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-11T06:15:08.613

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:24:37.913

Link: CVE-2022-42271

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-120

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