- Description
- NVIDIA Nsight Systems for Windows contains a vulnerability in the application’s DLL loading mechanism where an attacker could cause an uncontrolled search path element by exploiting insecure DLL search paths. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, data tampering, denial of service and information disclosure.
- Source
- psirt@nvidia.com
- NVD status
- Analyzed
- Products
- cuda_toolkit
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Secondary
- Base score
- 6.7
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 0.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- psirt@nvidia.com
- CWE-427
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
🚨 CVE-2025-33231 : CRITICAL VULNERABILITY ALERT 🚨 NVIDIA A DLL search path hijacking vulnerability has been disclosed in NVIDIA Nsight Systems on Windows. Public proof-of-concept is available. The Risk Severity: Critical Impact: Arbitrary code execution, privilege
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CVE-2025-33231 NVIDIA Nsight Systems for Windows contains a vulnerability in the application’s DLL loading mechanism where an attacker could cause an uncontrolled search path elemen… https://t.co/pACVnrJkc5
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