NvMap Over-allocation in NVIDIA Jetson Linux/IGX OS Local DoS
CVE-2025-33177 Published on October 14, 2025
NVIDIA Jetson Linux and IGX OS contain a vulnerability in NvMap, where improper tracking of memory allocations could allow a local attacker to cause memory overallocation. A successful exploitation of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-33177 can be exploited with local system access, and requires 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 have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability?
The software does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
CVE-2025-33177 has been classified to as a Resource Exhaustion vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-33177
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Affected Versions
NVIDIA Jetson Orin Series:- Version 35.6.2 and earlier is affected.
- Version 36.4.4 and earlier is affected.
- Version 38.2.1 and earlier is affected.
- Version IGX 1.1.2 and earlier is affected.
Exploit Probability
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