CVE-2021-1090: 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…

PriorityP428high7.1CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCNIHAH

EPSS

0.31%

23.4th percentile

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.

Affected

4 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
nvidia	gpu_display_driver	>= 427.33 < 427.48	427.48
nvidia	gpu_display_driver	>= 452.96 < 453.10	453.10
nvidia	gpu_display_driver	>= 462.31 < 462.96	462.96
nvidia	nvidia_gpu_display_driver	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.03.6LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM

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