CVE-2021-1093

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS Score

Published: July 22, 2021 at 12:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:30 AM UTC

2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxNVIDIA GPU Display Driver

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Severity

MEDIUM5.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.4%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Debian Linux · Debiandrupal

95%

9.0

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver · NVIDIA

95%

418.197.02 ≤ v < 418.211.00427.33 ≤ v < 427.48450.119.03 ≤ v < 450.142.00452.96 ≤ v < 453.10460.73.01 ≤ v < 460.91.03462.31 ≤ v < 462.96All GPU Driver versions

Affected range stops below 418.211.00, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 427.48, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 450.142.00, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 453.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 460.91.03, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 462.96, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

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

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

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

Vendor AdvisoryThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

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

CVSS

5.5MEDIUM[email protected]

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: LOW
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

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StatusMODIFIED

CWE

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