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.

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.

EPSS: 0.000 (2.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

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)

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

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.