CVE-2025-23284
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedNVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager, where a malicious guest could cause a stack buffer overflow. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, denial of service, information disclosure, or data tampering.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceNVIDIA vGPU software contains a stack buffer overflow vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager component. A malicious guest virtual machine can exploit this to overflow a stack-based buffer, potentially achieving code execution, denial of service, information disclosure, or data tampering on the virtualization host.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify NVIDIA vGPU software is installedCheck the hypervisor for NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager components. On Linux, query installed packages for vGPU Manager or check for the nvidia-vgpu-mgr service. On Windows hypervisors, look for NVIDIA vGPU software in installed programs or services.Affected if NVIDIA vGPU software is present on the hypervisor host
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Determine Virtual GPU Manager versionRetrieve the installed Virtual GPU Manager version from the hypervisor system. This may be accessible via nvidia-smi, package management tools, or NVIDIA licensing software. Compare the version against known affected version ranges.Affected if The installed Virtual GPU Manager version matches the affected version range for this CVE
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Confirm vGPU is enabled on the hypervisorCheck if vGPU functionality is active on the virtualization host. Look for vGPU profile configurations, nvidia-vgpu-mgr service status, or vGPU licensing daemon presence.Affected if vGPU features are enabled or configured on the system
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Identify guest VMs with vGPU devicesList virtual machines that have NVIDIA vGPU devices assigned or attached. Check hypervisor inventory, VM configuration files, or vGPU placement settings for any active vGPU allocations.Affected if Any guest virtual machines have vGPU devices attached
The environment is affected if it runs a vulnerable version of NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager with vGPU functionality enabled and guest VMs can be assigned vGPU devices.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply the NVIDIA vGPU software patch/updates to the Virtual GPU Manager. Coordinate maintenance windows for hypervisor updates in production vGPU environments.
- Consultation8.0 h
- Implementation12.0 h
- Testing12.0 h
- Review / QA4.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-23284 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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