CVE-2025-23278 is a high-severity improper index validation vulnerability in NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows and Linux. According to the provided content, the flaw is caused by insufficient validation of user-supplied array indices in driver code that processes crafted parameters. This can result in out-of-bounds access to the driver's internal data structures and adjacent memory corruption. NVIDIA states that a successful exploit may lead to data tampering or denial of service.
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Vulnerability referenced in NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager plugin advisory; specific technical details are not provided in the content.
A high-severity improper index validation vulnerability in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux that can allow a local low-privileged attacker to cause out-of-bounds memory access, resulting in data tampering or denial of service.
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