CVE-2025-23309 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

NVIDIA Display Driver contains a vulnerability where an uncontrolled DLL loading path might lead to arbitrary denial of service, escalation of privileges, code execution, and data tampering.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Nvidia	Display Driver

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References

Link	Providers
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23309
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5703
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-23309

History

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Nvidia Nvidia display Driver
Vendors & Products		Nvidia Nvidia display Driver

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 17:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		NVIDIA Display Driver contains a vulnerability where an uncontrolled DLL loading path might lead to arbitrary denial of service, escalation of privileges, code execution, and data tampering.
Weaknesses		CWE-427
References		https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23309 https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5703 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-23309
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: nvidia

Published: 2025-10-10T17:40:42.076Z

Updated: 2025-10-22T03:55:21.356Z

Reserved: 2025-01-14T01:06:27.219Z

Link: CVE-2025-23309

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-10T20:29:59.877Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-10-10T18:15:39.360

Modified: 2025-10-14T19:36:59.730

Link: CVE-2025-23309

Redhat

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