CVE-2021-1117 (GCVE-0-2021-1117)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-10-27 20:35 – Updated: 2024-08-03 15:55
VLAI
Summary
Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape, where an attacker through specific configuration and with local unprivileged system access may cause improper input validation, which may lead to denial of service.
Severity
4.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-129 - Improper Validation of Array Index
Assigner
nvidia CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 326 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
NVIDIA NVIDIA GPU Display Driver Affected: All GPU Driver versions
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