CVE-2021-1052 — Improper Privilege Management in Nvidia GPU Driver

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management14 documents7 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 57.71%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Nvidia GPU DriverNvidia GPU Display Driver
Timeline
PublishedJan 8
Latest updateMay 24

Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape or IOCTL in which user-mode clients can access legacy privileged APIs, which may lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, and information disclosure.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDnvidia/gpu_driver390 — 392.63+6

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-4qmf-j7f2-r929: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm↗2022-05-24
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OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-hwe-5.8, linux-oracle update↗2021-01-21
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OSV
nvidia-graphics-drivers-418-server, nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server vulnerabilities↗2021-01-20
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OSV
nvidia-graphics-drivers-390, nvidia-graphics-drivers-450, nvidia-graphics-drivers-460 vulnerabilities↗2021-01-11
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OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-azure-5.4, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-hwe-5.8, linux-oem-5.6, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4 vulnerabilities↗2021-01-11
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Linux kernel update↗2021-01-21
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Ubuntu
NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerabilities↗2021-01-20
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2021-01-11
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Ubuntu
NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerabilities↗2021-01-11
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Debian
CVE-2021-1052: nvidia-graphics-drivers - NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux, all versions, contains a vulner...↗2021
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