CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-1078

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Apr 21, 2021 | Modified: May 03, 2021
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

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

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Gpu_display_driver Nvidia 390 (including) 392.65 (excluding)
Gpu_display_driver Nvidia 418 (including) 427.33 (excluding)
Gpu_display_driver Nvidia 450 (including) 452.96 (excluding)
Gpu_display_driver Nvidia 460 (including) 462.31 (excluding)
Gpu_display_driver Nvidia 465 (including) 466.11 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References