Vulnerability in NVIDIA Geforce

CVE-2025-23309

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.

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (6.9th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 7th percentile — 6.9% 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-2025-23309: 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 581.42
  • NVIDIA Rtx, Quadro, Nvs — versions All driver versions prior to 581.42, All driver versions prior to 573.76, All driver versions prior to 539.56
  • NVIDIA Tesla — versions All driver versions prior to 581.42, All driver versions prior to 573.76, All driver versions prior to 539.56

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-23309?
CVE-2025-23309 is a high-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Geforce, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2025-10-10.
How severe is CVE-2025-23309?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-23309 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.