What is CVE-2021-1089?

CVE-2021-1089 is a high-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-07-22.

How severe is CVE-2021-1089?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver

CVE-2021-1089

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in nvidia-smi where an uncontrolled DLL loading path may lead to arbitrary code execution, denial of service, information disclosure, and data tampering.

Published 2021-07-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (18.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 19th percentile — 18.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver — versions All GPU Driver versions

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5211 (Product, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-1089?: CVE-2021-1089 is a high-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-07-22.
How severe is CVE-2021-1089?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.