CVE-2026-24187: CWE-416 Use After Free in NVIDIA GeForce
CVE-2026-24187 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux affecting GeForce products. Exploitation could allow an attacker with local access to cause denial of service, escalate privileges, disclose information, tamper with data, or execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability affects all driver versions prior to 595.71.05. There is no official patch or remediation level confirmed at this time. The vulnerability has a high severity score of 8.8 and no known exploits in the wild have been reported.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-24187) involves a use-after-free condition in the NVIDIA GeForce Linux display driver. Use-after-free bugs occur when a program continues to use memory after it has been freed, potentially leading to memory corruption. Successful exploitation could result in denial of service, privilege escalation, information disclosure, data tampering, or code execution. The issue affects all driver versions prior to 595.71.05. No official patch or remediation guidance has been published by NVIDIA as of the provided data.
Potential Impact
If exploited, this vulnerability could allow a local attacker with limited privileges to escalate their privileges, cause system crashes (denial of service), disclose sensitive information, tamper with data, or execute arbitrary code on affected systems running vulnerable NVIDIA GeForce Linux drivers. The CVSS score of 8.8 reflects high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the NVIDIA vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, limit local access to trusted users only and monitor for updates from NVIDIA. No official remediation or temporary fix is currently documented.
CVE-2026-24187: CWE-416 Use After Free in NVIDIA GeForce
Description
CVE-2026-24187 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux affecting GeForce products. Exploitation could allow an attacker with local access to cause denial of service, escalate privileges, disclose information, tamper with data, or execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability affects all driver versions prior to 595.71.05. There is no official patch or remediation level confirmed at this time. The vulnerability has a high severity score of 8.8 and no known exploits in the wild have been reported.
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.8high
Affected software
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Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-24187) involves a use-after-free condition in the NVIDIA GeForce Linux display driver. Use-after-free bugs occur when a program continues to use memory after it has been freed, potentially leading to memory corruption. Successful exploitation could result in denial of service, privilege escalation, information disclosure, data tampering, or code execution. The issue affects all driver versions prior to 595.71.05. No official patch or remediation guidance has been published by NVIDIA as of the provided data.
Potential Impact
If exploited, this vulnerability could allow a local attacker with limited privileges to escalate their privileges, cause system crashes (denial of service), disclose sensitive information, tamper with data, or execute arbitrary code on affected systems running vulnerable NVIDIA GeForce Linux drivers. The CVSS score of 8.8 reflects high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the NVIDIA vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, limit local access to trusted users only and monitor for updates from NVIDIA. No official remediation or temporary fix is currently documented.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- nvidia
- Date Reserved
- 2026-01-21T19:09:32.733Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a15e035891d628fdc67d372
Added to database: 05/26/2026, 18:02:29 UTC
Last enriched: 06/02/2026, 21:13:16 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:22:58 UTC
Views: 100
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