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CVE-2021-1090

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CVE-2021-1090

Published: Jul 22, 2021

Modified: Aug 3, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.1

HIGH

Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for control calls where the software reads or writes to a buffer by using an index or pointer that references a memory location after the end of the buffer, which may lead to data tampering or denial of service.

VendorProductVersions

NVIDIA

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver

affected
All GPU Driver versions

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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