CVE-2025-33221
mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.002 · 7 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (67)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Nvidia Treiber GPU Display Driversall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:nvidia:display_driver:gpu_display_drivers
- NVIDIA GeForce≤ All driver versions prior to 582.53 Only GPUs based on the NVIDIA Maxwell, Volta, and Pascal GPU architectures are affected.enisa_euvdEU
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2026-1596Nvidia GPU Display Treiber: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-05-19csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Nvidia GPU Display Treibern ausnutzen, um seine Rechte zu erweitern, Daten zu manipulieren, Informationen offenzulegen, einen Denial of Service zu verursachen oder Code auszuführen.
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references (10)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-33221cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-33221cnnvd
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5821cnnvd
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-33221cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-33221enisa_euvd
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5821enisa_euvd
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-33221enisa_euvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-33221Third Party Advisorynvd
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