Vulnerability · Published Oct 10, 2025 · Assigned by nvidia
CVE-2025-23309
High 8.2
In plain English
A high-severity uncontrolled search path in GeForce from NVIDIA. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.2High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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 products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA | GeForce | All driver versions prior to 581.42 |
| NVIDIA | NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS | All driver versions prior to 581.42 |
| NVIDIA | NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS | All driver versions prior to 573.76 |
| NVIDIA | NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS | All driver versions prior to 539.56 |
| NVIDIA | Tesla | All driver versions prior to 581.42 |
| NVIDIA | Tesla | All driver versions prior to 573.76 |
| NVIDIA | Tesla | All driver versions prior to 539.56 |
Weakness: CWE-427 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H