NVIDIA GeForce/RTX/Quadro/NVS/Tesla Kernel use after free
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 7.6 | $0-$5k | 0.86+ |
Summary
A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA GeForce, RTX, Quadro, NVS and Tesla and classified as very critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Kernel Module. Such manipulation leads to use after free. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-47586. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists.
Details
A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA GeForce, RTX, Quadro, NVS and Tesla. It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Kernel Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel module where an attacker could cause a use-after-free. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering.
This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-47586 since 05/19/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/30/2026).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
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Product
Type
Vendor
Name
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.nvidia.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB Vector: 🔒VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6
VulDB Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Temp Score: 8.8
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CNA Base Score: 6.4
CNA Vector (nvidia): 🔒
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Use after freeCWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒
Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔒
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍
Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔒
Timeline
05/19/2026 CVE reserved09/30/2026 Advisory disclosed
09/30/2026 VulDB entry created
09/30/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: nvidia.comStatus: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-47586 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-47586
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-412262
Entry
Created: 09/30/2026 18:52Changes: 09/30/2026 18:52 (60)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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