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CVE-2025-23332: NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in a kernel module, where an attacker might be able to trigger a null pointer defer

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 20/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.14% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Debian:12) 535.309.01-0+deb12u1; nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla (Debian:12) 525.147.05-6; nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-535 (Debian:13) 535.274.02-1~deb13u1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to nvidia-graphics-drivers (Debian:12) 535.309.01-0+deb12u1; nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla (Debian:12) 525.147.05-6; nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-535 (Debian:13) 535.274.02-1~deb13u1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in a kernel module, where an attacker might be able to trigger a null pointer deference. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.

MediumCVSS 5.0 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Oct 23, 2025
Updated
Oct 18, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 3th percentile

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Action score

20

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

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5.0
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Affected systems

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (nvidia). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • NVIDIA GeForce

    • All driver versions prior to 580.95.05, All driver versions prior to 570.195.03, All driver versions prior to 535.274.02affected

  • NVIDIA Guest driver

    • 580.82.07(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.1), 580.82.07(All versions up to and including the August 2025 release), 570.172.08(All versions prior to and including vGPU 18.4), 535.261.03(All versions prior to and including vGPU 16.11)affected

  • NVIDIA NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS

    • All driver versions prior to 580.95.05, All driver versions prior to 570.195.03, All driver versions prior to 535.274.02affected

  • NVIDIA Tesla

    • All driver versions prior to 580.95.05, All driver versions prior to 570.195.03, All driver versions prior to 535.274.02affected

  • NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager

    • 580.82.02(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.1), 570.172.07(All versions prior to and including vGPU 18.4), 535.261.04(All versions prior to and including vGPU 16.11)affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12nvidia-graphics-driversbefore 535.309.01-0+deb12u1535.309.01-0+deb12u1
Debian:12nvidia-graphics-drivers-teslabefore 525.147.05-6525.147.05-6
Debian:12nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-470from 0—
Debian:12nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-535from 0—
Debian:12nvidia-open-gpu-kernel-modulesfrom 0—
Debian:13nvidia-graphics-driversfrom 0—
Debian:13nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-535before 535.274.02-1~deb13u1535.274.02-1~deb13u1

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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    31Monitor
  • CVE-2026-47541NVIDIA vGPU Virtual GPU Manager for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where an attacker could cause an out-of-bounds w
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2026-47536NVIDIA vGPU Virtual GPU Manager for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where an attacker could cause an out-of-bounds r
    31Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2025-23282Oct 10, 2025 · NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability where an attacker might be able to use a race condition to escalate privileges.
    28Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2025-23300Oct 23, 2025 · NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel driver, where a user could cause a null pointer dereference by alloca
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2025-23352Oct 23, 2025 · NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager, where a malicious guest could cause uninitialized pointer access.
    31Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:nvidia-graphics-drivers535.309.01-0+deb12u1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
debian:nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla525.147.05-6 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
debian:nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-535535.274.02-1~deb13u1 · Debian:13Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2025-233000 days apartNVIDIA Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel driver, where a user could cause a null pointer dereference by alloca
    22Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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