Double Free in NVIDIA Geforce

CVE-2025-23282

NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability where an attacker might be able to use a race condition to escalate privileges. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, data tampering, denial of service, and information disclosure.

Vulnerability class: Double 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 (6.3th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 6th percentile — 6.3% 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-2025-23282: 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
  • NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager — versions 580.82.02(All versions up to and including the August 2025 release), 580.82.02(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.1), 570.172.07(All versions prior to and including vGPU 18.4)

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-23282?
CVE-2025-23282 is a high-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Geforce, classified under Double Free. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2025-10-10.
How severe is CVE-2025-23282?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-23282 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.