Use After Free in NVIDIA Geforce

CVE-2025-23280

NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability where an attacker could cause a use-after-free. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, data tampering, denial of service, and information disclosure.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (13.2th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 13th percentile — 13.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-23280: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

  • NVIDIA Geforce — versions All driver versions prior to 580.95.05, All driver versions prior to 570.195.03, All driver versions prior to 535.274.02
  • NVIDIA Guest Driver — versions 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)
  • NVIDIA Rtx, Quadro, Nvs — versions All driver versions prior to 580.95.05, All driver versions prior to 570.195.03, All driver versions prior to 535.274.02
  • NVIDIA Tesla — versions All driver versions prior to 580.95.05, All driver versions prior to 570.195.03, All driver versions prior to 535.274.02

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-23280?
CVE-2025-23280 is a high-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Geforce, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2025-10-10.
How severe is CVE-2025-23280?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-23280 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.