Host crash via null-pointer dereference
Published Oct 23, 2025 · Updated Oct 23, 2025
Null-pointer dereference in NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux allows local users to crash the host through an undisclosed local action. NVIDIA has not published the affected function, request, or operation that supplies the null pointer. Low-privileged local access is required, and successful exploitation interrupts availability by crashing the host without reported data disclosure or modification.
Summary
What happened
Null-pointer dereference in NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux allows local users to crash the host through an undisclosed local action. NVIDIA has not published the affected function, request, or operation that supplies the null pointer. Low-privileged local access is required, and successful exploitation interrupts availability by crashing the host without reported data disclosure or modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-23330
- Published
- Oct 23, 2025
- Updated
- Oct 23, 2025
- Vendor
- DPDK Project
- Product
- NVIDIA RTX/Quadro/NVS Driver
- Classifications
- CWE-476, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 23, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 23, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=All driver versions prior to 535.274.02
- Affected versionversion=All driver versions prior to 570.195.03
- Affected versionversion=All driver versions prior to 580.95.05
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