NVIDIA GeForce Virtual GPU Manager use after free

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in NVIDIA GeForce, RTX PRO, RTX, Quadro, Tesla and Virtual GPU Manager. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Virtual GPU Manager. The manipulation results in use after free. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-33220. Attacking locally is a requirement. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in NVIDIA GeForce, RTX PRO, RTX, Quadro, Tesla and Virtual GPU Manager. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component Virtual GPU Manager. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager, where a malicious guest could cause heap memory access after the memory is freed. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, data tampering, denial of service, or information disclosure.

This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-33220 since 04/15/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 01/31/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 297217 (NVIDIA Linux GPU Display Driver (January 2026)), 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 databases at Tenable (297217) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-0235). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Nvidia Treiber

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.8

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.8
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CNA Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / 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: 297217
Nessus Name: NVIDIA Linux GPU Display Driver (January 2026)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/15/2025 CVE reserved
01/28/2026 +288 days Advisory disclosed
01/28/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
01/31/2026 +3 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: nvidia.com

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-33220 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-33220
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-343260
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2026-0235 - Nvidia Treiber: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 01/28/2026 20:31
Updated: 01/31/2026 04:09
Changes: 01/28/2026 20:31 (61), 01/28/2026 21:11 (7), 01/31/2026 04:09 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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