Medium severity · published Jul 22, 2021
CVE-2021-1093
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in firmware where the driver contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an…
5.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in firmware where the driver contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary, and may lead to denial of service or system crash.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
GD
Gpu Display Driver · Nvidia
418.197.02 before 418.211.00; 427.33 before 427.48; 450.119.03 before 450.142.00; 452.96 before 453.10; 460.73.01 before 460.91.03; 462.31 before 462.96 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1093
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-1093
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00013.html
Patch
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5211
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-02
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