CVE-2021-1051

HighCVSS 8.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape in which a local user can get elevated privileges to modify display configuration data, which may result in denial of service of the display.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.4/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-269

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
NVIDIANVIDIA GPU Display DriverAll

References

Timeline

Published
Jan 8, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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