Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer in NVIDIA vGPU Software and NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver - CVE-2021-1090
Published: July 20, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU55037
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1090
CWE-ID: CWE-788
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for control calls. A local user can run a specially crafted program to trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
NVIDIA vGPU Software
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver
How to mitigate CVE-2021-1090
Install updates from vendor's website.
NVIDIA vGPU Software - addressed in versions 8.8, 11.5, 12.3
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver - addressed in versions 392.67, 427.48, 453.10, 462.96, 471.41
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver - addressed in versions 392.67, 427.48, 453.10, 462.96, 471.41