CVE-2021-1051

Published Jan 8, 2021

Last updated 3 years ago

Overview

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.
Source
psirt@nvidia.com
NVD status
Analyzed

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
8.4
Impact score
5.8
Exploitability score
2
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Severity
HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6.6
Impact score
9.2
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-269

Configurations