CVE-2025-33221

May 26, 2026, 7:08 p.m.

4.4
Medium

Description

NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel driver, where a user could cause an incorrect permission assignment for a critical resource. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to data tampering and denial of service.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Nvidia
  • Display Driver
  • Kernel Driver
  • *
  • *

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-20
Improper Input Validation
The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a nvidia display_driver / / / / / / / /
a nvidia kernel_driver / / / / / / / /

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-33221
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5821
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-33221

Tags

CWE-20
[email protected]
2026-05-26
CVE-2025-33221

CVSS Score

4.4 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: HIGH
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: HIGH

    • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Timeline

Published: May 26, 2026, 6:16 p.m.
Last Modified: May 26, 2026, 7:08 p.m.

Status : Undergoing Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

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