CVE-2021-1051

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-1051
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-01-08 01:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-23 19:42:00 UTC
DescriptionNVIDIA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Application Nvidia Gpu Driver All All All All
Application Nvidia Gpu Driver All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Bulletin: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver - January 2021 | NVIDIA CONFIRM nvidia.custhelp.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 375727 NVIDIA GPU Display Driver Multiple Vulnerabilities (January 2021)
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