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CVE-2021-1077 (GCVE-0-2021-1077)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-21 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 15:55
VLAI
Summary
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux, R450 and R460 driver branch, contains a vulnerability where the software uses a reference count to manage a resource that is incorrectly updated, which may lead to denial of service.
Severity
6.6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
CWE
  • denial of service
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
NVIDIA NVIDIA GPU Display Driver Affected: R450 and R460 driver branch
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