CVE-2025-23330 Null dereference in GeForce

Medium 5.5 Published 23 Oct 2025 Updated 23 Oct 2025

An attacker can trigger a null pointer dereference in the NVIDIA Linux display driver, causing a 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-2025-23330?

CVE-2025-23330 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA GeForce, published on 23 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 might be able to trigger a null pointer dereference. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-23330?

How do I fix CVE-2025-23330?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2025-23330 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23330 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-23330, ECHO-92c3-408b-f2a4, GHSA-6mjj-rq8q-jv56, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-23330.