Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-24192 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-24192 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-24192?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.8, published 26 May 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-24192?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-24192 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in an operating system.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-24192?
- Check whether you run Nvidia Display Driver for Linux. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
A vulnerability exists in the NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux due to an incorrect conversion between numeric types (CWE-681). This flaw results in a heap-based buffer overflow when processing specific inputs. The attack vector is local, requiring the attacker to have low-level user privileges on the system (PR:L) but no user interaction (UI:N). Successful exploitation allows an attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution, escalate privileges to a higher level, or cause a denial of service (DoS) by crashing the driver. Users are advised to refer to NVIDIA advisory 5821 for specific patched version details.
Affected products
- NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux
Timeline
- 2026-05-26: disclosed: Initial publication of the CVE record.