CVE-2026-47540

Summary

The flaw is an integer underflow vulnerability in NVIDIA GPU drivers that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, leading to potential code execution, denial of service, privilege escalation, and data manipulation. This vulnerability is significant because it can be exploited to gain unauthorized access and control over the system.

Exploitability

Exploitation is considered moderate to hard, requiring specific conditions such as the presence of the vulnerable driver version and potential kernel-level access. Precondition is the installation of the affected NVIDIA driver version.

Blast radius

If exploited, the impact could be severe, leading to complete system compromise, data loss, and unauthorized access to sensitive information.

Detection

No reliable host or network indicator is derivable from the published description.

Prioritized remediation

Upgrade to the specific fixed version 531.43 or later.

Analysis generated locally by qwen2.5:7b-instruct (no data left the box). AI-assisted — verify against primary sources before acting.