NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit/nvJPEG Image out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit and nvJPEG. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Image Handler. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-23274. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit and nvJPEG (unknown version) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Image Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

NVIDIA nvJPEG contains a vulnerability in jpeg encoding where a user may cause an out-of-bounds read by providing a maliciously crafted input image with dimensions that cause integer overflows in array index calculations. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to denial of service.

The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-23274 since 01/14/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 265968 (NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit < 13.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (265968). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 265968
Nessus Name: NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit < 13.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

01/14/2025 CVE reserved
09/24/2025 +252 days Advisory disclosed
09/24/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/27/2025 +3 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: nvidia.com

Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-23274 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-23274
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-325715

Entryinfo

Created: 09/24/2025 15:34
Updated: 09/27/2025 08:25
Changes: 09/24/2025 15:34 (61), 09/27/2025 08:25 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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