Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-1096 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Nvidia GPU Display Driver

047910
CVSS 5.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
nvidia
CWE-476

Summary

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the NVIDIA kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape where dereferencing a NULL pointer may lead to a system crash.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)