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. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to data tampering and denial of service.

Published: 2026-05-26 Last update: 2026-05-26 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Undergoing Analysis，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-33221 is rated Low Risk (17.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.01%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-33221

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-27 — 0.01% —

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-33221

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 0.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-33221

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2025-33221

GHSA-mc8c-mh26-q8q7 · Severity: medium — NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel driver, where...

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-33221

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-33221 medium priority: Ubuntu including 47 source packages (nvidia-graphics-drivers-304, nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates, …), 303 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, resolute, upstream, xenial): ignored 122, DNE 116, needs-triage 36, not-affected 29. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-33221

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-33221

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2025-33221

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