#VU55040 Untrusted Pointer Dereference in nVidia products - CVE-2021-1095
Published: July 20, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU55040
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2021-1095
CWE-ID: CWE-822
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver
NVIDIA Linux GPU Display Driver
NVIDIA vGPU Software
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver
NVIDIA Linux GPU Display Driver
NVIDIA vGPU Software
Software vendor:
nVidia
nVidia
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to untrusted pointer dereference in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handlers for all control calls with embedded parameters. A local user can run a specially crafted program to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.