CVE-2021-1091

lowpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.003 · 18 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.26% (18th) EPSS

CVSS 3.6 · low

Is it mine?

21 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

NVIDIA GPU Display driver for Windows contains a vulnerability where an unprivileged user can create a file hard link that causes the driver to overwrite a file that requires elevated privilege to modify, which could lead to data loss or denial of service.

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:N/I:P/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:N/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.2

v3.17.1highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hsecondary · psirt@nvidia.comexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.2

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-59USprimaryCWE-59USCWE-65US

affected products (21)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Dell Computerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:dell:dell_computer:-
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:-
NVIDIA NVIDIA GPU Display Driver≤ All GPU Driver versionsenisa_euvdEU
NVIDIA Corp. GeForce R470≤ 471.41fstec_bduRU
NVIDIA Corp. NVIDIA RTX/Quadro R460≤ 462.96fstec_bduRU
NVIDIA Corp. NVIDIA RTX/Quadro R470≤ 471.41fstec_bduRU
NVIDIA Corp. NVIDIA Studio R470≤ 471.41fstec_bduRU
NVIDIA Corp. NVS R460≤ 462.96fstec_bduRU
NVIDIA Corp. NVS R470≤ 471.41fstec_bduRU
NVIDIA Corp. Tesla R460≤ 462.96fstec_bduRU
NVIDIA Corp. Tesla R470≤ 471.41fstec_bduRU
NVIDIA Corp. vGPU≤ 8.8fstec_bduRU
NVIDIA Corp. vGPU11 → 11.5fstec_bduRU
NVIDIA Corp. vGPU12 → 12.3fstec_bduRU
nvidia gpu display driver427.33 → 427.48nvdUScpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_display_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nvidia gpu display driver452.96 → 453.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_display_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2533Nvidia GPU Display Treiber: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2021-07-20csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Nvidia GPU Display Treibern ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service zu verursachen, Code zur Ausführung zu bringen, seine Rechte zu erweitern und Informationen offenzulegen.

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Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-07-22modified 2026-06-17

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references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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