Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-1075 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Nvidia GPU Display Driver

047910
CVSS 7.3 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
LOW
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
nvidia
CWE-476

Summary

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver for Windows, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape where the program dereferences a pointer that contains a location for memory that is no longer valid, which may lead to code execution, denial of service, or escalation of privileges. Attacker does not have any control over the information and may conduct limited data modification.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)