🛡️ CVE-2023-0195 on Debian — nvidia-graphics-drivers

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2023-0195 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 physical access to the device, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

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

• Attack vector: Physical — the attacker has to touch the device.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Integrity impact: None.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0195 is classified as CWE-1284: Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input. The product receives input that is expected to specify a quantity (such as size or length), but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the quantity has the required properties.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0195 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-31fb-6654-d989 (published 18 Dec 2025)
• ECHO-18b5-582e-57d8 (published 18 Dec 2025)
• ECHO-eeb5-3e3e-2d50 (published 18 Dec 2025)
• ECHO-142b-555d-bea7 (published 18 Dec 2025)
• ECHO-e9c4-fb81-4a6a (published 18 Dec 2025)
• ECHO-03ce-ef79-5d82 (published 18 Dec 2025)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-1284: Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input) in other software:

• CVE-2026-71394 (published 10 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-20313 (7.7 High, published 5 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-71314 (8.0 High, published 5 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-70378 (7.5 High, published 5 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-40272 (7.0 High, published 29 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-59532 (7.5 High, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-59531 (7.5 High, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-66374 (8.1 High, published 25 Jul 2026)

CVE-2023-0195 on other distributions

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

Details

Affected Packages

References