CVE-2021-1051

HIGH

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5142

Scores

CVSS v3 8.4
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 10.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (1)
nvidia/gpu_driver 390 - 392.63
Published Jan 08, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026