VDB-329701 · CVE-2025-23330 · Nessus 271183

NVIDIA Display Driver on Linux null pointer dereference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in NVIDIA Display Driver on Linux. This impacts an unknown function. This manipulation causes null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-23330. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in NVIDIA Display Driver on Linux (affected version unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability where an attacker might be able to trigger a null pointer dereference. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.

This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-23330 since 01/14/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 271183 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-23330), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (271183). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Hardware Driver Software

Vendor

NVIDIA

Name

Display Driver

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.nvidia.com/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.5
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 5.5
CNA Vector (nvidia): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Null pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 271183
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-23330

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Timelineinfo

01/14/2025 CVE reserved
10/23/2025 +282 days VulDB entry created
10/24/2025 +0 days Advisory disclosed
10/26/2025 +2 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: nvidia.com

Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-23330 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-23330
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-329701

Entryinfo

Created: 10/24/2025 00:13
Updated: 10/26/2025 19:29
Changes: 10/24/2025 00:13 (61), 10/26/2025 19:29 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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