CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-1096

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Jul 22, 2021 | Modified: Jul 30, 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 contains a vulnerability in the NVIDIA kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape where dereferencing a NULL pointer may lead to a 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 427.33 (including) 427.48 (excluding)
Gpu_display_driver Nvidia 452.96 (including) 453.10 (excluding)
Gpu_display_driver Nvidia 462.31 (including) 462.96 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References