CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-1078

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Apr 21, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver for Windows, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the kernel driver (nvlddmkm.sys) where a NULL pointer dereference may lead to system crash.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Gpu_display_driverNvidia390 (including)392.65 (excluding)
Gpu_display_driverNvidia418 (including)427.33 (excluding)
Gpu_display_driverNvidia450 (including)452.96 (excluding)
Gpu_display_driverNvidia460 (including)462.31 (excluding)
Gpu_display_driverNvidia465 (including)466.11 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References