What is CVE-2021-1096?

CVE-2021-1096 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-07-22.

How severe is CVE-2021-1096?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-1096 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

NULL pointer dereference in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver

CVE-2021-1096

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the NVIDIA kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape where dereferencing a NULL pointer may lead to a system crash.

EPSS: 0.003 (18.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Nvidia Gpu_display_driver
Nvidia Gpu Display Driver — versions All GPU Driver versions

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

Public proof-of-concept exploits

0xf4b1/bsod-kernel-fuzzing

References

psirt@nvidia.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-1096?: CVE-2021-1096 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-07-22.
How severe is CVE-2021-1096?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-1096 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.