CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-1116

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Oct 27, 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
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys), where a NULL pointer dereference in the kernel, created within user mode code, may lead to a denial of service in the form of a 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)392.68 (excluding)
Gpu_display_driverNvidia460 (including)463.15 (excluding)
Gpu_display_driverNvidia470 (including)472.39 (excluding)
Gpu_display_driverNvidia490 (including)496.49 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References