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Publication date: 2025-09-24

Last updated on: 2025-11-03

Assigner: NVIDIA Corporation

Description

NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit for all platforms contains a vulnerability in nvdisasm where a user may cause an out-of-bounds write by running nvdisasm on a malicious ELF file. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to denial of service.

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Meta Information

Published

2025-09-24

Last Modified

2025-11-03

Generated

2026-10-23

AI Q&A

2025-09-24

EPSS Evaluated

2026-10-20

NVD

CVE-2025-23338

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
nvidia	cuda_toolkit	to 13.0.0 (exc)
microsoft	windows	*
linux	linux_kernel	From 5.15.160 (inc) to 5.16 (inc)

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-129	The product uses untrusted input when calculating or using an array index, but the product does not validate or incorrectly validates the index to ensure the index references a valid position within the array.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability exists in the NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit's nvdisasm component, where processing a malicious ELF file can cause an out-of-bounds write. This means that when nvdisasm analyzes a specially crafted ELF file, it may write data outside the intended memory boundaries, potentially leading to unexpected behavior.

Impact Analysis

Exploiting this vulnerability can lead to a denial of service condition, meaning the affected system or application may crash or become unresponsive when processing a malicious ELF file with nvdisasm.

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