CVE-2022-42879 — Use of NullPointerException Catch to Detect NULL Pointer Dereference in Intel Graphics Driver

CWE-395 — Use of NullPointerException Catch to Detect NULL Pointer DereferenceCWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference3 documents3 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
CNA6.1
EPSS
0.1%
top 82.36%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Intel Graphics Driver
Timeline
PublishedNov 14

Description

NULL pointer dereference in some Intel(R) Arc(TM) Control software before version 1.73.5335.2 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDintel/graphics_driver< 31.0.101.4255

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
CVEList
CVE-2022-42879: NULL pointer dereference in some Intel(R) Arc(TM) Control software before version 1↗2023-11-14
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GHSA
GHSA-62r6-m6fg-p4wj: NULL pointer dereference in some Intel(R) Arc(TM) & Iris(R) Xe Graphics - WHQL - Windows drivers before version 31↗2023-11-14
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CVE-2022-42879 — Intel Graphics Driver vulnerability | cvebase