CVE

published 2023-11-02 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-35355

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 11%
public exploits: 0; none known

NVIDIA GPU Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where an unprivileged regular user can cause a NULL-pointer dereference, which may lead to denial of service.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 1

nvidia virtual_gpu 13.9, 15.4, 16.2

nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 470.223.02-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 470.223.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 470.223.02-0ubuntu1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-525 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 525.147.05-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-525 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 525.147.05-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-525 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 525.147.05-0ubuntu1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-535 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 535.129.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-535 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 535.129.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-31018

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 20 mo ago (2025-02-26)

Exploit prediction

0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

nvidia vGPU driver and Cloud gaming driver

Classification

Weakness

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

References

nvidia.custhelp.com /app/answers/detail/a_id/5491
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-31018
NVD CVE-2023-31018

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Summary