CVE-2021-23201

HIGH

NVIDIA GPU/Tegra - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

NVIDIA GPU and Tegra hardware contain a vulnerability in an internal microcontroller, which may allow a user with elevated privileges to generate valid microcode by identifying, exploiting, and loading vulnerable microcode. Such an attack could lead to information disclosure, data corruption, or denial of service of the device. The scope may extend to other components.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5263

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 29.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (35)
nvidia/geforce_gtx_950
nvidia/geforce_gtx_960
nvidia/geforce_gtx_970
nvidia/geforce_gtx_980
nvidia/geforce_gtx_titan_x
nvidia/jetson_nano (3 CPE variants)
nvidia/jetson_tx1
nvidia/quadro_m1000m
nvidia/quadro_m1200
nvidia/quadro_m2000
... and 25 more
Published Nov 20, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026