NVIDIA GPU Consumer Kepler (GKxxx) End of Life Date
NVIDIA GPU Consumer Kepler (GKxxx) end-of-life date, support status, and CVE risk. Data from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation.
NVIDIA GPU consumer-kepler was released on March 22, 2012 and support ended on September 1, 2024 — a supported lifespan of 12 years and 6 months, in line with the 11 years and 6 months median for NVIDIA GPU releases. It has been without security patches for 1 year and 11 months. 4 newer NVIDIA GPU releases have shipped since.
| Version | Latest | EOL Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer Fahrenheit (NVx) | — | Mar 11, 2005 | EOL |
| Consumer Celsius (NV1x) | — | Apr 14, 2005 | EOL |
| Consumer Kelvin (NV1x, NV2x) | — | Nov 2, 2006 | EOL |
| Consumer Rankine (NV3x) | — | Jun 23, 2008 | EOL |
| Consumer Curie (NV4x, G7x) | — | Feb 24, 2015 | EOL |
| Consumer Tesla (Cxx, G8x, G9x, GT2xx, ION) | — | Dec 14, 2016 | EOL |
| Consumer Fermi (GF1xx)* | — | Mar 10, 2018 | EOL |
| Professional Fermi (GF1xx)** | — | Dec 31, 2022 | EOL |
What does NVIDIA GPU Consumer Kepler (GKxxx) end of life mean?
When NVIDIA GPU Consumer Kepler (GKxxx) reaches end of life, the maintainers stop issuing security patches for this version. CVEs discovered after the EOL date are publicly disclosed on the National Vulnerability Database with no patch available. Exploit code frequently appears on GitHub within days of disclosure.
The CVE blind spot: Most vulnerability scanners check for known CVEs but do not flag the ongoing accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software versions. Running NVIDIA GPU Consumer Kepler (GKxxx) past its EOL date creates a permanently growing attack surface that standard security tooling will not surface.
Migrate to NVIDIA GPU Mobile Professional Blackwell (GB20x) or implement compensating controls — network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, restricted access — while migration is underway.