CVE-2021-1056

lowpriority · track · 39OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.017 · 77 %ileexploit · PoCDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

1.71% (77th) EPSS

CVSS 3.6 · low

Is it mine?

11 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvidia.ko) in which it does not completely honor operating system file system permissions to provide GPU device-level isolation, which may lead to denial of service or information disclosure.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 3.6–7.1

v2.03.6lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 4.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.2

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-276USprimary

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

pokerfaceSad/CVE-2021-1056PoC for CVE-2021-1056, related to GPU Container SecurityPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (11)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Gentoo Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:gentoo:linux:-
Lenovo Computerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:lenovo:lenovo_computer:-
Nvidia Treiberall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:nvidia:display_driver:-
Open Source Arch Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:archlinux:archlinux:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
NVIDIA NVIDIA GPU Display Driver≤ Allenisa_euvdEU
debian debian linux= 9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nvidia gpu driver390 → 390.141nvdUScpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nvidia gpu driver450 → 450.102.04nvdUScpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nvidia gpu driver460 → 460.32.03nvdUScpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2534Nvidia Treiber: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2021-01-07csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Nvidia Treibern ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, vertrauliche Daten einzusehen, Daten zu manipulieren oder die Integrität zu gefährden.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-01-08modified 2026-06-17

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references (16)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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