CVE-2025-23338 Memory corruption in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit
An attacker can cause denial of service in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit by tricking a user into running nvdisasm on a malicious ELF file.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-23338?
CVE-2025-23338 is a low-severity memory corruption vulnerability in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit, published on 24 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit for all platforms contains a vulnerability in nvdisasm where a user may cause an out-of-bounds write by running nvdisasm on a malicious ELF file. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-129
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-23338?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Cuda Toolkit.
How do I fix CVE-2025-23338?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-23338 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2025-23338 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23338 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-23338, GHSA-7cwj-xv9g-xcqr, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-23338.