01 Record

CVE-2021-1089

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in nvidia-smi where an uncontrolled DLL loading path may lead to arbitrary code execution, denial of service, information disclosure, and

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: nvidia

CNA base score7.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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02 Description

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: 0.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 20.6% 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

2021-07-22 04:25Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-03 15:55Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-11-12

Assigning CNA

nvidia

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path ElementBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

18127aa2c95d9f6f8953115b2724791d2b7c48cd902ae69d4ee4e3f13d6c4845

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

NVIDIANVIDIA GPU Display DriverAll GPU Driver versions—

06 References

nvidia.custhelp.comhttps://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5211x_refsource_CONFIRM