PT-2020-6639 · Nvidia+2 · Nvidia Gpu Display Driver+2
Fabian Toepfer
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Published
2020-11-12
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Updated
2023-10-13
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CVE-2021-1095
CVSS v3.1
5.5
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handlers for control calls with embedded parameters, where dereferencing an untrusted pointer may lead to denial of service. This vulnerability is associated with errors in pointer dereferencing, allowing an attacker to cause a denial of service.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
DoS
NULL Pointer Dereference
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Linuxmint
Nvidia Gpu Display Driver
Ubuntu