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CVE-2021-1090 (GCVE-0-2021-1090)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-07-22 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 15:55
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Summary
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.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • denial of service, data tampering
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
NVIDIA NVIDIA GPU Display Driver Affected: All GPU Driver versions
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