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CVE-2025-23330

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Description

NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability where an attacker might be able to trigger a null pointer dereference. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.5 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2025-10-23 19:15:49.753000
Last modified
2026-10-18 21:10:00.120000
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  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2025-10-23T19:15:49.753",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-18T21:10:00.120",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
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    },
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      "lang": "es",
      "value": "El controlador de pantalla NVIDIA para Linux contiene una vulnerabilidad donde un atacante podría activar una desreferencia de puntero nulo. Un exploit exitoso de esta vulnerabilidad podría llevar a denegación de servicio."
    }
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23330",
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    },
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