PT-2021-13486 · Nvidia · Nvidia Windows Gpu Display Driver

Fabian Toepfer · Published 2021-07-22 · Updated 2021-07-30 · CVE-2021-1096

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base 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 Windows GPU Display Driver for Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description The NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the NVIDIA kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape. This vulnerability may lead to a system crash due to dereferencing a NULL pointer.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-1096

Affected Products

Nvidia Windows Gpu Display Driver

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-1096 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1096 · Security Note
• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5211 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/17988 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/26365 · Telegram Post