CVE-2025-23255VulnerabilityPublished 24 Sep 2025

CVE-2025-23255: NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit · Out-of-bounds Read

Affects NVIDIA CUDA ToolkitSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 3.3 Low : upgrade to 13.0 when convenient.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

3.3Low

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 4% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch: Available – fixed in 13.0

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector: Local
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: Required
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: Low

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Local: The vulnerable component is not bound to the network stack and the attacker’s path is via read/write/execute capabilities. Either: the attacker exploits the vulnerability by accessing the target system locally (e.g., keyboard, console), or remotely (e.g., SSH); or the attacker relies on User Interaction by another person to perform actions required to exploit the vulnerability (e.g., tricking a legitimate user into opening a malicious document).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: Required: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires a user to take some action before the vulnerability can be exploited.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the impacted component.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: Low: Performance is reduced or there are interruptions in resource availability. Even if repeated exploitation of the vulnerability is possible, the attacker does not have the ability to completely deny service to legitimate users. The resources in the impacted component are either partially available all of the time, or fully available only some of the time, but overall there is no direct, serious consequence to the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 24 Sep 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Upgrade NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit to 13.0.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
NVIDIA NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit	Affected <13.0	Fixed in 13.0

AI-suggested

European organizations using NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit should upgrade to version 13.0 or later as soon as it becomes available to remediate this vulnerability. If you cannot patch yet, organizations should implement strict access controls to limit local user access to systems running CUDA Toolkit, especially restricting the execution of cuobjdump to trusted users only. Monitoring and auditing usage of cuobjdump can help detect anomalous or unauthorized attempts to process malformed ELF files. Additionally, sandboxing or containerizing the CUDA development environment can contain potential crashes caused by malformed inputs, minimizing disruption to other system components. Educating developers and users about the risks of processing untrusted ELF files with cuobjdump is also advisable. Finally, maintaining up-to-date endpoint protection and system integrity monitoring can help detect and respond to any attempts to exploit this or related vulnerabilities.

Description

NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit for all platforms contains a vulnerability in the cuobjdump binary where a user may cause an out-of-bounds read by passing a malformed ELF file to cuobjdump. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to a partial denial of service.

Impact

For European organizations, the impact of CVE-2025-23255 is generally limited due to the low severity and local attack vector. However, organizations heavily reliant on GPU-accelerated computing for scientific research, artificial intelligence, machine learning, or high-performance computing (HPC) may experience disruptions if this vulnerability is exploited. A partial denial of service in cuobjdump could interrupt debugging or analysis workflows, potentially delaying development cycles or research outputs. Since the vulnerability requires local access and user interaction, the risk of remote exploitation is minimal, reducing the threat surface for most enterprises. Nonetheless, in environments where multiple users share GPU resources or where untrusted users have local access, there is a risk of intentional disruption. The lack of confidentiality or integrity impact means sensitive data is unlikely to be compromised directly by this vulnerability. Overall, the operational impact is moderate in niche use cases but low for general enterprise environments.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessCWE Top 25 (2025): #8
The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
Implementation · Input Validation
Assume all input is malicious. Use an "accept known good" input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does.
Architecture and Design · Language Selection
Use a language that provides appropriate memory abstractions.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
XML Security (opens in a new tab)
Mass Assignment (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V13.3.1 (opens in a new tab)
V5.1.4 (opens in a new tab)
V5.1.3 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Overread Buffers (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 24 Sep 2025, 13:22 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-125

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