CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-1096
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-07-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
Description
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the NVIDIA kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape where dereferencing a NULL pointer may lead to a system crash.
Affected configurations
• nvidia gpu display driver (>= 427.33 < 427.48)
• nvidia gpu display driver (>= 452.96 < 453.10)
• nvidia gpu display driver (>= 462.31 < 462.96)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
References
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5211 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5211 Patch, Vendor Advisory