🛡️ CVE-2023-0191 on Debian — nvidia-graphics-drivers

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2023-0191 as tracked by Debian, for the package nvidia-graphics-drivers. The fix is available in version 525.105.17-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: None.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0191 is classified as CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Buffer Bounds. A read or write is performed without confirming it stays inside the allocated buffer, corrupting adjacent memory.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0191 is recorded against 8 packages.

• nvidia-graphics-drivers (fixed in 525.105.17-1)
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-390xx
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla (fixed in 525.105.17-1)
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-418
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-450 (fixed in 450.236.01-1~deb11u1)
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-460 (fixed in 460.106.00-3)
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-470 (fixed in 470.182.03-1)
• nvidia-open-gpu-kernel-modules (fixed in 525.105.17-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 1 April 2023 and last revised on 7 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

Other advisories for this package

nvidia-graphics-drivers has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• ECHO-8752-7f5c-2930 (published 31 Jan 2026)
• DEBIAN-CVE-2025-33219 (published 28 Jan 2026)
• ECHO-e9c4-fb81-4a6a (published 18 Dec 2025)
• ECHO-03ce-ef79-5d82 (published 18 Dec 2025)
• ECHO-a7ae-5c99-a330 (published 18 Dec 2025)
• ECHO-92c3-408b-f2a4 (published 18 Dec 2025)
• ECHO-31fb-6654-d989 (published 18 Dec 2025)
• ECHO-18b5-582e-57d8 (published 18 Dec 2025)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Buffer Bounds) in other software:

• CVE-2017-12862 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-12601 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-1941 (8.0 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2013-4155 (published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2013-4179 (published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2013-0270 (published 2 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-33162 (7.3 High, published 16 Aug 2024)
• CVE-2022-33267 (6.7 Medium, published 6 Jun 2023)

CVE-2023-0191 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Affected Packages

References