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CVE-2025-33221: nvidia geforce Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 6.0v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-33221
Published 26-05-2026Last modified 27-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-33221 is a medium (CVSS 6.0) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in nvidia geforce. EPSS estimates a 0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
24/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.0/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.18%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 26-05-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 27-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.18%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

7%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.18% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.18%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu37 products
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-304All versions (No fix recorded)
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-340All versions (No fix recorded)
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-390All versions (No fix recorded)
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-418-serverAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-430All versions (No fix recorded)
Nvidia5 products
  • geforceAll driver versions prior to 595.71.05 | All driver versions prior to 580.159.03 | All driver versions prior to 535.309.01 | All driver versions prior to 596.36 | All driver versions prior to 582.53 Only GPUs based on the NVIDIA Maxwell, Volta, and Pascal GPU architectures are affected.
  • gpu_display_driver≥ 535, < 535.309.01 | ≥ 535, < 539.72 | ≥ 580, < 580.159.03 | ≥ 580, < 582.53 | ≥ 595, < 595.36 | ≥ 595, < 595.71.05
  • guest driver595.58.03(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.0) | 580.126.09(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.4) | 535.288.01(All versions prior to and including vGPU 16.13) | 595.58.03(All versions up to and including the March 2026 release) | 595.97(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.0) | 582.16(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.4) | 539.64(All versions prior to and including vGPU 16.13)
  • nvidia rtx, quadro, nvsAll driver versions prior to 595.71.05 | All driver versions prior to 580.159.03 | All driver versions prior to 535.309.01 | All driver versions prior to 596.36 | All driver versions prior to 582.53 | All driver versions prior to 539.72
  • teslaAll driver versions prior to 595.71.05 | All driver versions prior to 580.159.03 | All driver versions prior to 535.309.01 | All driver versions prior to 596.36 | All driver versions prior to 582.53 | All driver versions prior to 539.72

2 vendors · 42 products

References

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