CVE-2025-33231

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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.

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-33231

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5755

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-33231

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-01-20

Updated: 2026-01-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Medium