NVIDIA GPU Display Driver Win Kernel Layer Buffer Overflow
CVE-2026-47578 Published on September 30, 2026
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where an attacker could cause an incorrect buffer size calculation. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-47578 is exploitable 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
Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size
The software does not correctly calculate the size to be used when allocating a buffer, which could lead to a buffer overflow.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-47578
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Affected Versions
NVIDIA GeForce:- Version All driver versions prior to 610.60 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 610.88 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 616.56 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 616.92 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 582.78 Only GPUs based on the NVIDIA Maxwell, Volta, and Pascal GPU architectures are affected. is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 582.78 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 596.86 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 596.86 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 616.92 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 610.88 is affected.
- Version 596.38(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.1) is affected.
- Version 582.51(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.5) is affected.