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CVE-2021-23217

Published: Nov 20, 2021

Modified: Aug 3, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.5

HIGH

Description

NVIDIA GPU and Tegra hardware contain a vulnerability in the internal microcontroller, which may allow a user with elevated privileges to instantiate a DMA write operation only within a specific time window timed to corrupt code execution, which may impact confidentiality, integrity, or availability. The scope impact may extend to other components.

VendorProductVersions

NVIDIA

NVIDIA GPU and Tegra hardware

affected
Maxwell, GP100, Tegra X1, Tegra X1+, Tegra TX2

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

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