Untrusted Pointer Dereference in nVidia products - CVE-2021-1075
Published: April 22, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU52487
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1075
CWE-ID: CWE-822
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: nVidia
Affected software:
R390
R465
R418
R460
R450
R390
R465
R418
R460
R450
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to untrusted pointer dereference in the kernel mode layer "nvlddmkm.sys" handler for DxgkDdiEscape. A local user can cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-1075
Install updates from vendor's website.