CVE-2021-1093

MEDIUM

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver - Use After Free

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in firmware where the driver contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary, and may lead to denial of service or system crash.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00013.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-02

Scores

CVSS v3 6.2
EPSS 0.0008
EPSS Percentile 22.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-404
Status published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
nvidia/gpu_display_driver 418.197.02 - 418.211.00
nvidia/gpu_display_driver 427.33 - 427.48
Published Jul 22, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026