NVIDIA GeForce/RTX/Quadro/NVS/Tesla/Guest driver on Windows/Linux Kernel Driver denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in NVIDIA GeForce, RTX, Quadro, NVS, Tesla and Guest driver on Windows/Linux. This affects an unknown function of the component Kernel Driver. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-33221. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA GeForce, RTX, Quadro, NVS, Tesla and Guest driver on Windows/Linux and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Kernel Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-33221 since 04/15/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

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 CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-1596). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Dell Computer
  • Nvidia Treiber

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9

VulDB Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Temp Score: 4.4
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NVD Base Score: 6.0
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CNA Base Score: 4.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/15/2025 CVE reserved
05/26/2026 +406 days Advisory disclosed
05/26/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
06/11/2026 +16 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: nvidia.com

Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-33221 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-33221
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-365747
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2026-1596 - Nvidia GPU Display Treiber: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 05/26/2026 21:26
Updated: 06/11/2026 06:30
Changes: 05/26/2026 21:26 (62), 05/27/2026 10:14 (7), 06/11/2026 06:30 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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