CVE-2021-1052
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape or IOCTL in which user-mode clients can access
02 Description
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape or IOCTL in which user-mode clients can access
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 36.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-01-08 00:00Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-03 15:55Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-11-12
- Assigning CNA
- nvidia
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 603dac494bf7a19d758b495f5a7a08ab02020724156761dc92d9640020490de7
05 Affected products
06 References
- nvidia.custhelp.comhttps://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5142
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202310-02https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-02
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- nvidia-utils Fixed in 460.32.03-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- nvidia-graphics-drivers Fixed in 460.32.03-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- nvidia-graphics-drivers Fixed in 460.32.03-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- nvidia-graphics-drivers Fixed in 460.32.03-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-418-server Fixed in 418.181.07-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-440-server No fix yet
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-450 Fixed in 450.102.04-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server Fixed in 450.102.04-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-455 No fix yet
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-460 Fixed in 460.32.03-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-418-server Fixed in 418.181.07-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-440-server No fix yet
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-450 Fixed in 450.102.04-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server Fixed in 450.102.04-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-455 No fix yet
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-460 Fixed in 460.32.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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