CVE-2021-1093

mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.004 · 29 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.35% (29th) EPSS

CVSS 4.9 · medium

Is it mine?

23 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in firmware where the driver contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary, and may lead to denial of service or system crash.

cvss

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

6.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.9mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.9

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.15.5mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.16.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · psirt@nvidia.comexploitability 2.5 · impact 3.6

v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-404USprimaryCWE-404US

affected products (23)

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. Nvidia-graphics-drivers418.197.02 → 418.211.00fstec_bduRU
NVIDIA Corp. Nvidia-graphics-drivers427.33 → 427.48fstec_bduRU
NVIDIA Corp. Nvidia-graphics-drivers450.119.03 → 450.142.00fstec_bduRU
NVIDIA Corp. Nvidia-graphics-drivers452.96 → 453.10fstec_bduRU
NVIDIA Corp. Nvidia-graphics-drivers460.73.01 → 460.91.03fstec_bduRU
NVIDIA Corp. Nvidia-graphics-drivers462.31 → 462.96fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 9fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 10fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 11fstec_bduRU
debian debian linux= 9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nvidia gpu display driver418.197.02 → 418.211.00nvdUScpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_display_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nvidia gpu display driver427.33 → 427.48nvdUScpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_display_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nvidia gpu display driver450.119.03 → 450.142.00nvdUScpe: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.

also known as (4)

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 (17)

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