Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-1106 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Nvidia Jetson Linux and Shield Experience

047910
CVSS 4.6 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
local
low complexity
nvidia
CWE-787

Summary

NVIDIA Linux kernel distributions contain a vulnerability in nvmap, where writes may be allowed to read-only buffers, which may result in escalation of privileges, complete denial of service, unconstrained information disclosure, and serious data tampering of all processes on the system.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)