NVIDIA GeForce Experience up to 3.23 uncontrolled search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in NVIDIA GeForce Experience. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-31611. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in NVIDIA GeForce Experience. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a uncontrolled search path vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-427. The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

NVIDIA GeForce Experience contains an uncontrolled search path vulnerability in all its client installers, where an attacker with user level privileges may cause the installer to load an arbitrary DLL when the installer is launched. A successful exploit of this vulnerability could lead to escalation of privileges and code execution.

The weakness was shared 02/07/2023. The advisory is shared for download at nvidia.custhelp.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-31611 since 05/24/2022. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1574.

Upgrading to version 3.27.0.112 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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NVD Base Score: 7.3
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CNA Base Score: 6.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Uncontrolled search path
CWE: CWE-427 / CWE-426
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: GeForce Experience 3.27.0.112

Timelineinfo

05/24/2022 🔍
02/07/2023 +259 days 🔍
02/07/2023 +0 days 🔍
02/05/2026 +1094 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: nvidia.com

Advisory: nvidia.custhelp.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-31611 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-31611
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-220304

Entryinfo

Created: 02/07/2023 07:56
Updated: 02/05/2026 09:55
Changes: 02/07/2023 07:56 (45), 03/05/2023 17:24 (11), 02/05/2026 09:52 (2), 02/05/2026 09:55 (19)
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Committer: lywand
Cache ID: 216::103

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