CVE-2025-23281 Use after free in GPU Display Drivers
Local attackers can exploit a race condition in NVIDIA GPU drivers to achieve code execution, privilege escalation, and data tampering.
- 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-2025-23281?
CVE-2025-23281 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in NVIDIA GPU Display Drivers, published on 2 Aug 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability where an attacker with local unprivileged access that can win a race condition might be able to trigger a use-after-free error. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, data tampering, denial of service, or information disclosure.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-23281?
How do I fix CVE-2025-23281?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-23281 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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-2025-23281 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23281 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2729-wmg7-hchx.