CVE-2021-1075

mediumpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.002 · 16 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.25% (16th) EPSS

CVSS 5.6 · medium

Is it mine?

10 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver for Windows, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape where the program dereferences a pointer that contains a location for memory that is no longer valid, which may lead to code execution, denial of service, or escalation of privileges. Attacker does not have any control over the information and may conduct limited data modification.

cvss

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

7.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.6–7.3

v2.05.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 7.8

v3.17.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2 · impact 4.7

v3.17.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:Hsecondary · psirt@nvidia.comexploitability 2 · impact 4.7

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

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-476USprimary

affected products (10)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Gentoo Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:gentoo:linux:-
Nvidia Treiberall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:nvidia:display_driver:gpu_display
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
NVIDIA NVIDIA GPU Display Driver≤ Allenisa_euvdEU
nvidia gpu display driver418 → 427.33nvdUScpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_display_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nvidia gpu display driver450 → 452.96nvdUScpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_display_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nvidia gpu display driver460 → 462.31nvdUScpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_display_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nvidia gpu display driver465 → 466.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_display_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-2341Nvidia GPU Display-Treiber: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2021-04-21csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Nvidia Treiber ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, Code auszuführen, Informationen offenzulegen oder einen Denial of Service zu verursachen.

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 2021-04-21modified 2026-06-17

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references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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