CVE-2022-42275 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

NVIDIA BMC IPMI handler allows an unauthenticated host to write to a host SPI flash bypassing secureboot protections. This may lead to a loss of integrity and denial of service.

Published: 2023-01-13

Score: 7.7 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:bmc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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

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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-2022-45350	NVIDIA BMC IPMI handler allows an unauthenticated host to write to a host SPI flash bypassing secureboot protections. This may lead to a loss of integrity and denial of service.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

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 0.00042.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

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

History

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Nvidia Bmc Dgx A100

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: nvidia

Published: 2023-01-13T00:03:01.815Z

Updated: 2025-04-07T15:30:32.191Z

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

Link: CVE-2022-42275

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:03:45.780Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-13T01:15:09.927

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:24:38.440

Link: CVE-2022-42275

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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