CVE-2026-24192
NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability where an attacker could cause an incorrect conversion between numeric types, leading to a heap buffer overflow.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.21%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability where an attacker could cause an incorrect conversion between numeric types, leading to a heap buffer overflow. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, data tampering, and code execution.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.21% probability · 11th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-681
- Affected
- nvidia/gpu display driver
- Source
- psirt@nvidia.com
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24192Third Party Advisory
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5821Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-24192Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.