CVE-2025-23272 Information disclosure in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit

Medium 5.7 Published Updated

Attackers can cause information disclosure or denial of service via crafted JPEG files in the NVIDIA nvJPEG library.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-23272?

CVE-2025-23272 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit, published on 24 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

NVIDIA nvJPEG library contains a vulnerability where an attacker can cause an out-of-bounds read by means of a specially crafted JPEG file. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to information disclosure or denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-23272?

How do I fix CVE-2025-23272?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-23272 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-23272 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23272 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-23272, GHSA-x8j2-6cf3-rj3q, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-23272.

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