Out-of-bounds read in nvJPEG and CUDA Toolkit - CVE-2025-23272

 

Out-of-bounds read in nvJPEG and CUDA Toolkit - CVE-2025-23272

Published: September 29, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU116154
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-23272
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: nVidia
Affected software:
nvJPEG
CUDA Toolkit

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition. A local attacker can use a specially crafted JPEG file, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or perform a denial of service (DoS) attack..


How to mitigate CVE-2025-23272

Install updates from vendor's website.

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