🛡️ CVE-2025-23282 on Debian — nvidia-graphics-drivers
Description
NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability where an attacker might be able to use a race condition to escalate privileges. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, data tampering, denial of service, and information disclosure.
Distribution advisory
This page covers CVE-2025-23282 as tracked by Debian, for the package nvidia-graphics-drivers. The fix is available in version 525.147.05-6; earlier versions remain affected.
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is high, 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 high, integrity high, availability high.
Weakness class
DEBIAN-CVE-2025-23282 is classified as CWE-415: Double Free. The same allocation is released twice, corrupting allocator bookkeeping.
Affected software
DEBIAN-CVE-2025-23282 is recorded against 9 packages.
- nvidia-graphics-drivers
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-390xx
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla (fixed in 525.147.05-6)
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-418
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-450 (fixed in 450.248.02-4)
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-460 (fixed in 460.106.00-3)
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-470
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-535 (fixed in 535.274.02-1~deb13u1)
- nvidia-open-gpu-kernel-modules
Timeline and source
Published on 10 October 2025 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
CVE-2025-23282 on other distributions
Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:
Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| nvidia-graphics-drivers | — | — |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-390xx | — | — |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla | — | 525.147.05-6 |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-418 | — | — |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-450 | — | 450.248.02-4 |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-460 | — | 460.106.00-3 |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-470 | — | — |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-535 | — | 535.274.02-1~deb13u1 |
| nvidia-open-gpu-kernel-modules | — | — |
References
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