Virtual GPU Manager: Double Free
CVE-2025-23282 is a high-severity double free vulnerability in Virtual GPU Manager from NVIDIA, with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.0 out of 10. It can be exploited with local access to the system by an attacker with a low-privileged account, without any action from a user. Affected Virtual GPU Manager versions: 580.82.02(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.1); 570.172.07(All versions prior to and including vGPU 18.4); 535.261.04(All versions prior to and including vGPU 16.11). The record does not name a fixed version, so check the vendor advisory. There is no confirmed exploitation so far. EPSS estimates a 0.18% chance of exploitation within 30 days, which is low compared with other CVEs.
High severity with no evidence of exploitation so far.
What to do
- Check which version of Virtual GPU Manager you run against the affected versions below, and install the vendor's latest release.
Affected products and versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA | Virtual GPU Manager | 580.82.02(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.1); 570.172.07(All versions prior to and including vGPU 18.4); 535.261.04(All versions prior to and including vGPU 16.11) | Not stated |
| NVIDIA | GeForce | All driver versions prior to 580.95.05; All driver versions prior to 570.195.03; All driver versions prior to 535.274.02 | Not stated |
| NVIDIA | NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS | All driver versions prior to 580.95.05; All driver versions prior to 570.195.03; All driver versions prior to 535.274.02 | Not stated |
| NVIDIA | Tesla | All driver versions prior to 580.95.05; All driver versions prior to 570.195.03; All driver versions prior to 535.274.02 | Not stated |
| NVIDIA | Guest driver | 580.82.07(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.1); 570.172.08(All versions prior to and including vGPU 18.4); 535.261.03(All versions prior to and including vGPU 16.11) | Not stated |
Version data comes from the organisation that assigned the CVE. Confirm against the vendor advisory before deciding you are unaffected.
How the severity score breaks down
- Attack vector
- LocalThe attacker needs local access or must trick a user into running something.
- Attack complexity
- HighSuccess depends on conditions outside the attacker's control.
- Privileges required
- LowA basic user account is enough.
- User interaction
- NoneNo action by a victim is required.
- Scope
- UnchangedImpact stays within the vulnerable component.
- Confidentiality
- HighAll data handled by the component can be read.
- Integrity
- HighData or code can be modified at will.
- Availability
- HighThe component can be taken down completely.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Scored by CNA (nvidia.com).
Official 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.
Source: the CVE record as published by its numbering authority, via NVD and CVE.org.
The underlying weakness: Double Free
The product calls free() twice on the same memory address.
How developers prevent this class of flaw
- Choose a language that provides automatic memory management.
- Ensure that each allocation is freed only once. After freeing a chunk, set the pointer to NULL to ensure the pointer cannot be freed again. In complicated error conditions, be sure that clean-up routines respect the state of allocation properly. If the language is object oriented, ensure that object destructors delete each chunk of memory only once.
- Use a static analysis tool to find double free instances.
Timeline
- CVE record published.
- CISA published its SSVC assessment (exploitation: none, automatable: no, technical impact: total).
- Record last changed materially (score, affected products, status or references).
References
Other references
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