CVE-2021-1051

CVSS V2 Medium 6.6 CVSS V3 High 8.4
Description
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape in which a local user can get elevated privileges to modify display configuration data, which may result in denial of service of the display.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-1051
  • Assigner
  • psirt@nvidia.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-01-08T01:15:14
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-07-23T19:42:38
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-269 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 390 392.63
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 418 427.11
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 450 452.77
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 460 461.09
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 6.6
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 9.2
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.4
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2
  • Impact Score
  • 5.8
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5142 Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1051
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-1051
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 15:53:02 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 19:33:30 2021-01-08T01:15Z 2021-01-08T01:15:14 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 19:33:30 2021-07-23T19:42:38 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 19:33:30 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated