What is CVE-2025-23281?

CVE-2025-23281 is a high-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA GPU Display Drivers, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2025-08-02.

How severe is CVE-2025-23281?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-23281 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Use After Free in NVIDIA GPU Display Drivers

CVE-2025-23281

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability where an attacker with local unprivileged access that can win a race condition might be able to trigger a use-after-free error. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, data tampering, denial of service, or information disclosure.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.002 (5.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Nvidia Gpu Display Drivers — versions R535, R570, R575

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

psirt@nvidia.com

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-23281?: CVE-2025-23281 is a high-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA GPU Display Drivers, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2025-08-02.
How severe is CVE-2025-23281?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-23281 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.