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CVE-2025-23278 (GCVE-0-2025-23278)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-02 22:05 – Updated: 2025-08-04 13:31
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Summary
NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability where an attacker might cause an improper index validation by issuing a call with crafted parameters. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to data tampering  or denial of service.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-08-04 13:30 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-129 - Improper Validation of Array Index
Assigner
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
NVIDIA GPU Display Drivers Affected: R575
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