PT-2021-6692 · Nvidia+2 · Nvidia Gpu Display Driver+2

Published 2021-07-20 · Updated 2023-10-13 · CVE-2021-1093

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.2

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/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 firmware of the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver, where an assert() or similar statement can be triggered by an attacker. This can lead to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary, potentially causing denial of service or system crash. The vulnerability is also associated with errors in resource release.

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

Exploit

DoS

Improper Resource Release

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-404

Related Identifiers

BDU:2022-02046

CVE-2021-1093

DLA-2888-1

USN-5019-1

Affected Products

Linuxmint

Nvidia Gpu Display Driver

Ubuntu

References · 20

• 🔥 https://github.com/pokerfaceSad/CVE-2021-1056 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-1093 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-02 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1093 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5019-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-1093 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-1093 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-1094 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-5019-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-02046 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-1093 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-1095 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-1093 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5211 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-1093 · Vendor Advisory