PT-2021-13505 · Nvidia · Nvidia Gpu Display Driver

Published 2021-10-27 · Updated 2021-10-28 · CVE-2021-1115

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue is related to a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler for private IOCTLs, where an attacker with local unprivileged system access may cause a NULL pointer dereference. This may lead to denial of service in a component beyond the vulnerable component.

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-2021-1115

Affected Products

Nvidia Gpu Display Driver

References · 5

• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5230 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-1115 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1115 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/22606 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/31331 · Telegram Post