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GHSA-MC8C-MH26-Q8Q7
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-26 18:31 – Updated: 2026-05-26 18:31
VLAI
Details
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.
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
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CVE-2025-33221 (GCVE-0-2025-33221)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-26 17:26 – Updated: 2026-05-27 15:36
VLAI
EPSS
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.
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
24 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA | GeForce |
Affected:
All driver versions prior to 595.71.05
|
|
| NVIDIA | GeForce |
Affected:
All driver versions prior to 580.159.03
|
|
| NVIDIA | GeForce |
Affected:
All driver versions prior to 535.309.01
|
|
| NVIDIA | NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS |
Affected:
All driver versions prior to 595.71.05
|
|
| NVIDIA | NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS |
Affected:
All driver versions prior to 580.159.03
|
|
| NVIDIA | NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS |
Affected:
All driver versions prior to 535.309.01
|
|
| NVIDIA | Tesla |
Affected:
All driver versions prior to 595.71.05
|
|
| NVIDIA | Tesla |
Affected:
All driver versions prior to 580.159.03
|
|
| NVIDIA | Tesla |
Affected:
All driver versions prior to 535.309.01
|
|
| NVIDIA | Guest driver |
Affected:
595.58.03(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.0)
|
|
| NVIDIA | Guest driver |
Affected:
580.126.09(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.4)
|
|
| NVIDIA | Guest driver |
Affected:
535.288.01(All versions prior to and including vGPU 16.13)
|
|
| NVIDIA | Guest driver |
Affected:
595.58.03(All versions up to and including the March 2026 release)
|
|
| NVIDIA | GeForce |
Affected:
All driver versions prior to 596.36
|
|
| NVIDIA | GeForce |
Affected:
All driver versions prior to 582.53 Only GPUs based on the NVIDIA Maxwell, Volta, and Pascal GPU architectures are affected.
|
|
| NVIDIA | NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS |
Affected:
All driver versions prior to 596.36
|
|
| NVIDIA | NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS |
Affected:
All driver versions prior to 582.53
|
|
| NVIDIA | NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS |
Affected:
All driver versions prior to 539.72
|
|
| NVIDIA | Tesla |
Affected:
All driver versions prior to 596.36
|
|
| NVIDIA | Tesla |
Affected:
All driver versions prior to 582.53
|
|
| NVIDIA | Tesla |
Affected:
All driver versions prior to 539.72
|
|
| NVIDIA | Guest driver |
Affected:
595.97(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.0)
|
|
| NVIDIA | Guest driver |
Affected:
582.16(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.4)
|
|
| NVIDIA | Guest driver |
Affected:
539.64(All versions prior to and including vGPU 16.13)
|
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