CVE-2025-23280 Use after free in GeForce
An attacker can exploit a use-after-free in the NVIDIA Linux Display Driver to execute code, escalate privileges, or cause denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-23280?
CVE-2025-23280 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in NVIDIA GeForce, published on 10 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability where an attacker could cause a use-after-free. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, data tampering, denial of service, and information disclosure.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-23280?
How do I fix CVE-2025-23280?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2025-23280 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23280 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-23280, ECHO-eeb5-3e3e-2d50, GHSA-mhh7-9rp6-6f9f, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-23280.