GeForce: Use After Free
CVE-2026-24187 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in GeForce from NVIDIA, with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 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 GeForce versions: All driver versions prior to 595.71.05; All driver versions prior to 580.159.03; All driver versions prior to 535.309.01. The record does not name a fixed version, so check the vendor advisory. There is no confirmed exploitation so far. EPSS estimates a 0.19% 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
- Update GPU Display Driver to 535.309.01 or 539.72 or 580.159.03 or 582.53, whichever matches your release line, or a later version.
- Read the advisory on nvidia.custhelp.com for workarounds and exact fixed builds.
Affected products and versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA | GeForce | All driver versions prior to 595.71.05; All driver versions prior to 580.159.03; All driver versions prior to 535.309.01 | Not stated |
| NVIDIA | NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS | All driver versions prior to 595.71.05; All driver versions prior to 580.159.03; All driver versions prior to 535.309.01 | Not stated |
| NVIDIA | Tesla | All driver versions prior to 595.71.05; All driver versions prior to 580.159.03; All driver versions prior to 535.309.01 | Not stated |
| NVIDIA | Guest driver | 595.58.03(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.0); 580.126.09(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.4); 535.288.01(All versions prior to and including vGPU 16.13) | Not stated |
| NVIDIA | Virtual GPU Manager | 595.58.02(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.0); 580.126.08(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.4); 535.288.01(All versions prior to and including vGPU 16.13) | Not stated |
| NVIDIA | GPU Display Driver | 535 up to, but not including, 535.309.01; 535 up to, but not including, 539.72; 580 up to, but not including, 580.159.03; 580 up to, but not including, 582.53; 595 up to, but not including, 595.36; 595 up to, but not including, 595.71.05 | 535.309.01, 539.72, 580.159.03, 582.53, 595.36, 595.71.05 |
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
- LowNo special conditions are needed; the attack works reliably.
- Privileges required
- LowA basic user account is enough.
- User interaction
- NoneNo action by a victim is required.
- Scope
- ChangedThe attack can reach beyond the vulnerable component into other systems.
- 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:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H. Scored by CNA (nvidia.com).
Official description
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 denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, data tampering, and code execution.
Source: the CVE record as published by its numbering authority, via NVD and CVE.org.
The underlying weakness: Use After Free
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.
How developers prevent this class of flaw
- Choose a language that provides automatic memory management.
- When freeing pointers, be sure to set them to NULL once they are freed. However, the utilization of multiple or complex data structures may lower the usefulness of this strategy.
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
Third-party and government advisories
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24187Third Party Advisory
- cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-24187Third Party Advisory
Other vulnerabilities in GeForce
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