What is CVE-2021-1106?

CVE-2021-1106 is a high-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Jetson Agx Xavier, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-08-11.

How severe is CVE-2021-1106?

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

Buffer overflow in NVIDIA Jetson Agx Xavier

CVE-2021-1106

NVIDIA Linux kernel distributions contain a vulnerability in nvmap, where writes may be allowed to read-only buffers, which may result in escalation of privileges, complete denial of service, unconstrained information disclosure, and serious data tampering of all processes on the system.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2021-08-11 · 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 (15.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 16th percentile — 15.7% 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 Jetson Agx Xavier
NVIDIA Jetson Agx Xavier Series, Nx, Tx2 Nano, Nano 2gb, Tx1 — versions All Jetson Linux versions prior to r32.6.1
NVIDIA Jetson Linux
NVIDIA Jetson Nano
NVIDIA Jetson Nano 2gb
NVIDIA Jetson Tx1
NVIDIA Jetson Tx2
NVIDIA Jetson Tx2 Nx
NVIDIA Jetson Xavier Nx
NVIDIA Shield Experience

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5216 (Vendor Advisory)
nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5259 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-1106?: CVE-2021-1106 is a high-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Jetson Agx Xavier, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-08-11.
How severe is CVE-2021-1106?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.