CVE-2026-47579
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CVE-2026-47579 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.8/10 on the CVSS scale. The NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode driver through which a user might trigger a use-after-free condition. Successful exploitation of this issue could lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, denial of service, information disclosure, and data tampering..
Description
The NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode driver through which a user might trigger a use-after-free condition. Successful exploitation of this issue could lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, denial of service, information disclosure, and data tampering.
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Affected Software
Source: CNA advisory (CVE.org). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA | GeForce | All driver versions prior to 610.60 |
| NVIDIA | RTX, Quadro, NVS | All driver versions prior to 610.88 |
| NVIDIA | GeForce | All driver versions prior to 616.56 |
| NVIDIA | RTX, Quadro, NVS | All driver versions prior to 616.92 |
| NVIDIA | GeForce | All driver versions prior to 582.78 Only GPUs based on the NVIDIA Maxwell, Volta, and Pascal GPU architectures are affected. |
| NVIDIA | RTX, Quadro, NVS | All driver versions prior to 582.78 |
| NVIDIA | Tesla | All driver versions prior to 596.86 |
| NVIDIA | Tesla | All driver versions prior to 616.92 |
| NVIDIA | Tesla | All driver versions prior to 610.88 |
| NVIDIA | Guest driver | 596.36(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.1) |
| NVIDIA | Guest driver | 582.53(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.5) |
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- Status
- Awaiting Analysis
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