7.6
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2022-21819
NVIDIA Jetson Linux IOMMU PCI Bus Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

NVIDIA distributions of Jetson Linux contain a vulnerability where an error in the IOMMU configuration may allow an unprivileged attacker with physical access to the board direct read/write access to the entire system address space through the PCI bus. Such an attack could result in denial of service, code execution, escalation of privileges, and impact to data integrity and confidentiality. The scope impact may extend to other components.

INFO

Published Date :

March 11, 2022, 2:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 6:45 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-21819 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Nvidia jetson_linux
2 Nvidia jetson_nano
3 Nvidia jetson_nano_2gb
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2022-21819 has a 6 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2022-21819 is associated with the following CWEs:

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 1 month ago
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Born at : July 25, 2025, 7:02 p.m. This repo has been linked 96 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 month, 4 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 29, 2025, 6:30 a.m. This repo has been linked 94 different CVEs too.

Materials for my DMA attacks talk and a collection of related links

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
53 stars 8 fork 8 watcher
Born at : July 31, 2023, 12:23 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Collect some iot-related security articles, including vulnerability analysis, security conferences and papers, etc.

iot-security

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
285 stars 29 fork 29 watcher
Born at : Dec. 6, 2022, 1:11 p.m. This repo has been linked 47 different CVEs too.

Cybersecurity oriented awesome list

awesome awesome-list cybersecurity exploitation reverse-engineering

Updated: 1 day, 18 hours ago
2250 stars 219 fork 219 watcher
Born at : May 6, 2022, 6:02 p.m. This repo has been linked 99 different CVEs too.

test 反向辣鸡数据投放 CVE-2022-23305 工具 利用 教程 Exploit POC

cve-2020-

Updated: 7 months, 3 weeks ago
5 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : Jan. 21, 2022, 5:07 a.m. This repo has been linked 2650 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2022-21819 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2022-21819 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5321
    Added Reference https://www.thegoodpenguin.co.uk/blog/pcie-dma-attack-against-a-secured-jetson-nano-cve-2022-21819/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 08, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference NVIDIA Corporation https://www.thegoodpenguin.co.uk/blog/pcie-dma-attack-against-a-secured-jetson-nano-cve-2022-21819/ [No types assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 22, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5321 No Types Assigned https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5321 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-732
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:jetson_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 32.1 up to (excluding) 32.7.1 OR cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:jetson_nano:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:jetson_nano_2gb:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.6
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 4.6
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.24 }} 0.03%

score

0.46827

percentile