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CVE-2021-1090

CVE information

Published

2 years ago

Last Modified

6 months ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Low

CVSSv3.1 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

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..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Low
Base Score
3.6/10
Exploit Score
3.9/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
4.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
Partial

CVSSv3.1 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
7.1/10
Exploit Score
1.8/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
Impact Score
5.2/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
High
Integrity Impact
High
Scope
Unchanged
User Interaction
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_display_driver:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
  Yes
427.33 427.48
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_display_driver:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
  Yes
452.96 453.10
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_display_driver:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
  Yes
462.31 462.96