CVE-2025-33217 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability where an attacker could trigger 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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-33217
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5747
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-33217

History

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability where an attacker could trigger 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.
Weaknesses		CWE-416
References		https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-33217 https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5747 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-33217
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: nvidia

Published: 2026-01-28T17:46:41.741Z

Updated: 2026-01-28T18:14:46.079Z

Reserved: 2025-04-15T18:51:06.915Z

Link: CVE-2025-33217

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-28T18:14:37.617Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-28T18:16:48.377

Modified: 2026-01-28T18:16:48.377

Link: CVE-2025-33217

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-416

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