NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where a user could access memory belonging to another user's process. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, data tampering, denial of service, and information disclosure.
History

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

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Title Memory Access Violation in NVIDIA GPU Driver Leading to Privilege Escalation nvidia-driver: xorg-x11-drv-nvidia: nvidia-driver: Privilege escalation via unauthorized cross-process memory access
Weaknesses CWE-653
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Nvidia
Nvidia geforce
Nvidia guest Driver
Nvidia nvs
Nvidia quadro
Nvidia rtx
Nvidia tesla
Vendors & Products Nvidia
Nvidia geforce
Nvidia guest Driver
Nvidia nvs
Nvidia quadro
Nvidia rtx
Nvidia tesla

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Title Memory Access Violation in NVIDIA GPU Driver Leading to Privilege Escalation

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

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Metrics ssvc

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


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Description NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where a user could access memory belonging to another user's process. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, data tampering, denial of service, and information disclosure.
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: nvidia

Published: 2026-09-30T15:50:25.399Z

Updated: 2026-10-01T03:56:39.937Z

Reserved: 2026-05-19T19:55:45.574Z

Link: CVE-2026-47559

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-30T17:57:16.395Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-30T16:17:24.373

Modified: 2026-10-01T04:18:16.120

Link: CVE-2026-47559

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-09-30T15:50:25Z

Links: CVE-2026-47559 - Bugzilla