CVE-2025-23273 Denial of service in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit

Low 2.5 Published 24 Sep 2025 Updated 24 Sep 2025

A local authenticated user can cause a denial of service in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit's nvJPEG library by submitting a specially crafted JPEG file.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2025-23273?

CVE-2025-23273 is a low-severity denial of service 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 CUDA Toolkit for all platforms contains a vulnerability in nvJPEG where a local authenticated user may cause a divide by zero error by submitting a specially crafted JPEG file. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-369

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-23273?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Nvidia Cuda Toolkit, Nvidia Nvjpeg.

How do I fix CVE-2025-23273?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-23273 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2025-23273 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23273 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-23273, GHSA-747g-7pf6-5q6p, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-23273.