NVIDIA Display Driver Uncontrolled DLL Load: DoS, Escalation & Exec
CVE-2025-23309 Published on October 10, 2025
NVIDIA Display Driver contains a vulnerability where an uncontrolled DLL loading path might lead to arbitrary denial of service, escalation of privileges, code execution, and data tampering.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-23309 can be exploited with local system access, requires user interaction and a small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a DLL preloading Vulnerability?
The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors.
CVE-2025-23309 has been classified to as a DLL preloading vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-23309
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Affected Versions
NVIDIA GeForce:- Version All driver versions prior to 581.42 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 581.42 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 573.76 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 539.56 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 581.42 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 573.76 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 539.56 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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