Vulnerability · Published Apr 21, 2021 · Assigned by nvidia

CVE-2021-1074

High 7.3

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 0.5% (higher than 43% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.3High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 57.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows installer contains a vulnerability where an attacker with local unprivileged system access may be able to replace an application resource with malicious files. This attack requires a user with system administration rights to execute the installer and requires the attacker to replace the files in a very short time window between file integrity validation and execution. Such an attack may lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, denial of service, and information disclosure.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
NVIDIA	NVIDIA GPU Display Driver	R390 driver branch

References

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5172 x_refsource_CONFIRM