Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-1116 - 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
NVD
Published: 2021-10-27
Updated: 2021-10-28

Summary

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys), where a NULL pointer dereference in the kernel, created within user mode code, may lead to a denial of service in the form of a system crash.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Nvidia
34

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

References