Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 6.0/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA | GeForce | All driver versions prior to 595.71.05 |
| NVIDIA | GeForce | All driver versions prior to 580.159.03 |
| NVIDIA | GeForce | All driver versions prior to 535.309.01 |
| NVIDIA | NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS | All driver versions prior to 595.71.05 |
| NVIDIA | NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS | All driver versions prior to 580.159.03 |
| NVIDIA | NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS | All driver versions prior to 535.309.01 |
| NVIDIA | Tesla | All driver versions prior to 595.71.05 |
| NVIDIA | Tesla | All driver versions prior to 580.159.03 |
| NVIDIA | Tesla | All driver versions prior to 535.309.01 |
| NVIDIA | Guest driver | 595.58.03(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.0) |
| NVIDIA | Guest driver | 580.126.09(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.4) |
| NVIDIA | Guest driver | 535.288.01(All versions prior to and including vGPU 16.13) |
| NVIDIA | Guest driver | 595.58.03(All versions up to and including the March 2026 release) |
| NVIDIA | GeForce | All driver versions prior to 596.36 |
| NVIDIA | GeForce | All driver versions prior to 582.53 Only GPUs based on the NVIDIA Maxwell, Volta, and Pascal GPU architectures are affected. |
| NVIDIA | NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS | All driver versions prior to 596.36 |
| NVIDIA | NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS | All driver versions prior to 582.53 |
| NVIDIA | NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS | All driver versions prior to 539.72 |
| NVIDIA | Tesla | All driver versions prior to 596.36 |
| NVIDIA | Tesla | All driver versions prior to 582.53 |
| NVIDIA | Tesla | All driver versions prior to 539.72 |
| NVIDIA | Guest driver | 595.97(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.0) |
| NVIDIA | Guest driver | 582.16(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.4) |
| NVIDIA | Guest driver | 539.64(All versions prior to and including vGPU 16.13) |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-33221Third Party Advisory
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5821Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-33221Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- May 26, 2026
- Last modified
- Jul 24, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed