NVIDIA GeForce Experience contains a vulnerability in the installer, where a user installing the NVIDIA GeForce Experience software may ina…

published 2023-02-07 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-45366

cvss: 8.2; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 12%
public exploits: 0; none known

NVIDIA GeForce Experience contains a vulnerability in the installer, where a user installing the NVIDIA GeForce Experience software may inadvertently delete data from a linked location, which may lead to data tampering. An attacker does not have explicit control over the exploitation of this vulnerability, which requires the user to explicitly launch the installer from the compromised directory.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

nvidia geforce_experience 3.27.0.112

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 19 mo ago (2025-03-25)

Exploit prediction

0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected products

NVIDIA GeForce Experience

Classification

Weakness

CWE-1386 Insecure Operation on Windows Junction / Mount Point
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

nvidia.custhelp.com /app/answers/detail/a_id/5384
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-42291
NVD CVE-2022-42291

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Summary