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Plain-English summary
This is a high-severity NVIDIA vGPU flaw in systems that share GPUs with virtual machines or cloud gaming workloads. A low-privileged local attacker could combine it with other weaknesses to crash services, expose data, or execute code. Risk is highest on shared virtualization hosts.
Executive priority
Treat this as a priority patching item for GPU virtualization platforms, especially shared or customer-facing environments. It is not documented as actively exploited in the provided sources, but the possible impact includes service outage, data exposure, and code execution.
Technical view
CVE-2022-31614 is a CWE-415 double-free issue in the NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager vGPU plugin. The CVSS 3.1 score is 7.0 with local access, high complexity, low privileges, no user interaction, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure applies to NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software and NVIDIA Cloud Gaming using vGPU 14.x before 14.2, 13.x before 13.4, or 11.x before 11.9. It is most relevant to VDI, GPU-backed virtualization, and cloud gaming environments.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or other evidence of active exploitation. The CVE states exploitation may require combining this vulnerability with other vulnerabilities, which raises impact but reduces standalone exploit likelihood.
Researcher notes
Key constraints are local attack vector, high complexity, low privileges, and likely chaining. Validate product branch and vGPU Manager placement first. The public bundle does not provide exploit details, indicators of compromise, or workaround guidance beyond fixed-version boundaries.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade vGPU 14.x environments to 14.2 or later.
- Upgrade vGPU 13.x environments to 13.4 or later.
- Upgrade vGPU 11.x environments to 11.9 or later.
- Review NVIDIA advisory guidance for supported upgrade paths.
- Prioritize shared or multi-tenant GPU virtualization hosts.
Validation and detection
- Inventory NVIDIA vGPU Manager versions across virtualization hosts.
- Confirm no hosts run affected 14.x, 13.x, or 11.x versions.
- Identify systems exposing GPU-backed VMs to non-admin users.
- Check whether NVIDIA Cloud Gaming components are deployed.
- Document upgrade status and remaining exceptions.
Public sources used
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- High
- CVSS
- 7 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H15.9nvidiaVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5383CVE reference, nvidia · x_refsource_MISC
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Double Free
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