CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-23280

Use After Free

Published: Oct 10, 2025 | Modified: Oct 10, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability where an attacker could cause a use-after-free. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, data tampering, denial of service, and information disclosure.

Weakness

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory “belongs” to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 Ubuntu esm-infra/bionic *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 Ubuntu esm-infra/focal *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-352 Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-352-updates Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-361 Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-367 Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-375 Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 Ubuntu esm-infra/bionic *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 Ubuntu esm-infra/focal *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 Ubuntu jammy *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-418-server Ubuntu esm-apps/bionic *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-418-server Ubuntu esm-apps/focal *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-418-server Ubuntu jammy *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-418-server Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-430 Ubuntu esm-infra/bionic *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-430 Ubuntu esm-infra/focal *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-430 Ubuntu jammy *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-430 Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-435 Ubuntu esm-apps/jammy *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-435 Ubuntu esm-infra/bionic *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-435 Ubuntu esm-infra/focal *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-435 Ubuntu jammy *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-435 Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-440 Ubuntu esm-infra/bionic *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-440 Ubuntu esm-infra/focal *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-440 Ubuntu jammy *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-440 Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-440-server Ubuntu esm-apps/bionic *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-440-server Ubuntu esm-apps/focal *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-440-server Ubuntu esm-apps/jammy *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-440-server Ubuntu jammy *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-440-server Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-450 Ubuntu esm-infra/bionic *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-450 Ubuntu esm-infra/focal *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-450 Ubuntu jammy *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-450 Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server Ubuntu esm-infra/bionic *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server Ubuntu esm-infra/focal *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server Ubuntu jammy *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-455 Ubuntu esm-apps/bionic *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-455 Ubuntu esm-apps/focal *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-455 Ubuntu jammy *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-455 Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-460 Ubuntu esm-infra/bionic *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-460 Ubuntu esm-infra/focal *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-460 Ubuntu jammy *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-460 Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-460-server Ubuntu esm-infra/bionic *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-460-server Ubuntu esm-infra/focal *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-460-server Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 Ubuntu esm-infra/bionic *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 Ubuntu esm-infra/focal *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 Ubuntu jammy *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 Ubuntu noble *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-470-server Ubuntu esm-infra/bionic *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-470-server Ubuntu esm-infra/focal *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-470-server Ubuntu jammy *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-470-server Ubuntu noble *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-470-server Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-495 Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-510 Ubuntu esm-infra/bionic *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-510 Ubuntu esm-infra/focal *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-510 Ubuntu jammy *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-510 Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-515 Ubuntu esm-infra/bionic *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-515 Ubuntu esm-infra/focal *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-515 Ubuntu jammy *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-515 Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-515-server Ubuntu esm-infra/bionic *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-515-server Ubuntu esm-infra/focal *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-515-server Ubuntu jammy *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-515-server Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-520 Ubuntu esm-infra/bionic *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-520 Ubuntu esm-infra/focal *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-520 Ubuntu jammy *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-520 Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-525 Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-525-server Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-530 Ubuntu esm-infra/bionic *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-530 Ubuntu esm-infra/focal *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-530 Ubuntu jammy *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-530 Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-545 Ubuntu jammy *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-545 Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-560 Ubuntu devel *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-560 Ubuntu plucky *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-560 Ubuntu questing *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-560 Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-565-server Ubuntu esm-infra/focal *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-565-server Ubuntu jammy *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-565-server Ubuntu noble *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-565-server Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-575 Ubuntu upstream *

Potential Mitigations

References