CVE-2025-23309

HIGH

8.2

CVSS Score

Published: October 10, 2025 at 05:40 PM UTC

Updated: October 18, 2026 at 09:10 PM UTC

7 products affected across 1 vendorTeslaGeForceNVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS

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Severity

HIGH8.2

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

NVIDIA Display Driver contains a vulnerability where an uncontrolled DLL loading path might lead to arbitrary denial of service, escalation of privileges, code execution, and data tampering.

Affected

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

GeForce · NVIDIA

90%

All driver versions prior to 581.42

Affected range stops below 581.42, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS · NVIDIA

90%

All driver versions prior to 539.56All driver versions prior to 573.76All driver versions prior to 581.42

Tesla · NVIDIA

90%

All driver versions prior to 539.56All driver versions prior to 573.76All driver versions prior to 581.42

Affected range stops below 539.56, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 573.76, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 581.42, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Display Driver · NVIDIA

68%

All versions

NVS · NVIDIA

60%

v < 539.56v < 573.76v < 581.42

Affected range stops below 539.56, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 573.76, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 581.42, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Quadro · NVIDIA

60%

v < 539.56v < 573.76v < 581.42

Affected range stops below 539.56, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 573.76, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 581.42, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Rtx · NVIDIA

60%

v < 539.56v < 573.76v < 581.42

Affected range stops below 539.56, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 573.76, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 581.42, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (3)

Source: cverecord

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23309

Source: cverecord

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-23309

Source: cverecord

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5703

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.2HIGHnvidia

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: LOW
User Interaction: REQUIRED
Scope: CHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED

CWE

CWE-427

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