Nvidia Security Vulnerabilities: Attacks on GPU Drivers Can Lead to Crashes
Software vulnerabilities endanger PCs with Nvidia graphics cards. Security patches are available.
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Attackers can exploit various security vulnerabilities in Nvidia's graphics card drivers, HD Audio software, and vGPU software. This threatens Linux and Windows systems.
DoS Attacks Possible
As stated in a warning message, three vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-33217 “high”, CVE-2025-33218 “high”, CVE-2025-33219 “high”) affect GPU drivers. In all cases, attackers can provoke memory errors through an unspecified method. This typically leads to crashes (DoS). However, it often also allows malicious code to infiltrate computers and compromise them.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-33220 “high”, CVE-2025-33237 “medium”) in vGPU software and HD Audio software can also lead to DoS conditions.
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The developers assure that the vulnerabilities have been fixed in the following versions:
GPU Drivers:
Windows
- 539.64
- 573.96
- 582.16
- 591.59
Linux:
- 535.288.01
- 570.211.01
- 580.126.09
- 590.48.01
vGPU Software:
Linux/Windows:
- 16.13
- 18.6
- 19.4
HD Audio Software:
Windows
- 1.4.5.7
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