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medium 4.4

CVE-2025-33221 json

NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel driver, where a user could cause an incorrect permission…

published 2026-05-26 5 mo ago modified 2026-07-24 3 mo ago also EUVD-2025-209936

cvss
4.4
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 7%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel driver, where a user could cause an incorrect permission assignment for a critical resource. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to data tampering and denial of service.

Patch / fix

  • nvidia virtual_gpu_manager 16.14, 19.5, 20.1
  • nvidia geforce 535.309.01, 539.72, 580.159.03, 582.53, 595.71.05, 596.36
  • nvidia gpu_driver 535.309.01, 539.72, 580.159.03, 582.53, 595.71.05, 596.36
  • nvidia tesla 535.309.01, 539.72, 580.159.03, 582.53, 595.71.05, 596.36
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-535 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 535.309.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-535 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 535.309.01-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-580 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 580.159.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-580 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 580.159.03-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-580 Ubuntu 25.10 580.159.03-0ubuntu0.25.10.1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-580 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 580.159.03-0ubuntu0.26.04.1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-595 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 595.71.05-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-595 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 595.71.05-0ubuntu0.24.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2025-33221

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
5 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 6.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • NVIDIA GeForce
  • NVIDIA NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS
  • NVIDIA Tesla
  • NVIDIA Guest driver

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.