CVE-2021-1095
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 the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handlers for all control calls with embedded parameters where dereferencing an untrusted pointer may lead to denial of service.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
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 yetNo 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.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5211Vendor AdvisoryThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-02CVSS
5.5MEDIUMnvidia
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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