CVE-2022-42270

HIGH

7.8

CVSS Score

Published: December 30, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:04 AM UTC

9 products affected across 1 vendorJetson LinuxJetson Xavier NxJetson Agx Xavier 32GB

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Severity

HIGH7.8

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

NVIDIA distributions of Linux contain a vulnerability in nvdla_emu_task_submit, where unvalidated input may allow a local attacker to cause stack-based buffer overflow in kernel code, which may lead to escalation of privileges, compromised integrity and confidentiality, and denial of service.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Jetson Linux · NVIDIA

95%

v ≤ 32.7.2v < 32.7.2Versions 35.1 and 34.1.1

Affected range stops below 32.7.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

nvidia-jetson-agx-xavier (environment) · nvidia-jetson-agx-xavier-16gb (environment) · nvidia-jetson-agx-xavier-32gb (environment) · nvidia-jetson-agx-xavier-64gb (environment) · nvidia-jetson-agx-xavier-8gb (environment) · nvidia-jetson-agx-xavier-industrial (environment) · nvidia-jetson-xavier-nx (environment) · nvidia-jetson-xavier-nx-16gb (environment)

Jetson AGX Xavier · NVIDIAdevice

80%

All versions

Jetson Agx Xavier 16GB · NVIDIAdevice

80%

All versions

Jetson Agx Xavier 32GB · NVIDIAdevice

80%

All versions

Jetson Agx Xavier 64Gb · NVIDIAdevice

80%

All versions