NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where an unprivileged user can write to read-only memory because the memory's permissions are not preserved. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, denial of service, information disclosure, and data tampering.

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

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Title Privilege Escalation via Unauthorized Memory Write in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver

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

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


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

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Description NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where an unprivileged user can write to read-only memory because the memory's permissions are not preserved. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, denial of service, information disclosure, and data tampering.
Weaknesses CWE-281
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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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: nvidia

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-30T17:59:48.246Z

Reserved: 2026-05-19T19:55:49.283Z

Link: CVE-2026-47595

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-30T17:56:13.348Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-30T16:17:29.680

Modified: 2026-09-30T18:18:35.553

Link: CVE-2026-47595

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-30T18:45:05Z

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