Vulnerability · Published Jan 8, 2021 · Assigned by nvidia

CVE-2021-1051

High 8.4

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver from NVIDIA. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 18% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.4High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 82.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape in which a local user can get elevated privileges to modify display configuration data, which may result in denial of service of the display.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
NVIDIA	NVIDIA GPU Display Driver	All

References

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5142 x_refsource_CONFIRM