CVE-2021-1093

medium

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.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-02

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5211

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00013.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-07-22

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium