CVE-2021-1052

HIGH

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape or IOCTL in which user-mode clients can access legacy privileged APIs, which may lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, and information disclosure.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-02

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0020
EPSS Percentile 42.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

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