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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-33221

NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel driver, where a user could cause an incorrect permission assignment for a critical resource.

Published May 26, 2026 · catalog updated Jul 24, 2026 · gpu display driver

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-33221. EPSS is 0.18%. Act only if a listed version of gpu display driver is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium6.0
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.18%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
cpe nvidia/gpu display driver

NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel driver, where a user could cause an incorrect permission assignment for a critical resource. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to data tampering and denial of service.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe nvidia/gpu display driverversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2025-33221

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-33221. EPSS is 0.18%. Act only if a listed version of gpu display driver is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation. EPSS 0.18%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Windows security

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 26, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel driver, where a user could cause an incorrect permission assignment for a critical resource. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to data tampering and denial of service.

  2. Jul 24, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel driver, where a user could cause an incorrect permission assignment for a critical resource. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to data tampering and denial of service.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-33221

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-33221

    30-day exploitation probability 0.2%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-33221

    NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel driver, where a user could cause an incorrect permission assignment for a critical resource. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to data tampering and denial of service.

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.