NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where an attacker could cause a null pointer dereference. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Nvidia
  • Geforce
  • Nvs
  • Quadro
  • Rtx
  • Tesla

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References
Link Providers
https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47531 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47531 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 08:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Nvidia
Nvidia geforce
Nvidia nvs
Nvidia quadro
Nvidia rtx
Nvidia tesla
Vendors & Products Nvidia
Nvidia geforce
Nvidia nvs
Nvidia quadro
Nvidia rtx
Nvidia tesla

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Null Pointer Dereference in NVIDIA GPU Driver Leading to Denial of Service nvidia-driver: xorg-x11-drv-nvidia: nvidia-driver: Denial of Service via null pointer dereference in kernel mode layer
Metrics threat_severity

None

 threat_severity

Moderate

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Null Pointer Dereference in NVIDIA GPU Driver Leading to Denial of Service

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000

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Description NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where an attacker could cause a null pointer dereference. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.
Weaknesses CWE-476
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: nvidia

Published: 2026-09-30T15:54:20.645Z

Updated: 2026-09-30T17:29:28.116Z

Reserved: 2026-05-19T19:55:43.812Z

Link: CVE-2026-47531

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-30T17:24:41.591Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-30T16:17:19.833

Modified: 2026-09-30T18:18:24.860

Link: CVE-2026-47531

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-09-30T15:54:20Z

Links: CVE-2026-47531 - Bugzilla