UAF in NVIDIA Linux Display Driver Enables Privilege Escalation
CVE-2026-24187 Published on May 26, 2026
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-24187 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 be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Dangling pointer Vulnerability?
Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.
CVE-2026-24187 has been classified to as a Dangling pointer vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-24187
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Affected Versions
NVIDIA GeForce:- Version All driver versions prior to 595.71.05 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 580.159.03 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 535.309.01 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 595.71.05 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 580.159.03 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 535.309.01 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 595.71.05 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 580.159.03 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 535.309.01 is affected.
- Version 595.58.03(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.0) is affected.
- Version 580.126.09(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.4) is affected.
- Version 535.288.01(All versions prior to and including vGPU 16.13) is affected.
- Version 595.58.03(All versions up to and including the March 2026 release) is affected.
- Version 595.58.02(All versions up to and including the March 2026 release) is affected.
- Version 595.58.02(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.0) is affected.
- Version 580.126.08(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.4) is affected.
- Version 535.288.01(All versions prior to and including vGPU 16.13) is affected.
Exploit Probability
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