CVE-2021-1092

HighCVSS 7.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the NVIDIA Control Panel application where it is susceptible to a Windows file system symbolic link attack where an unprivileged attacker can cause the applications to overwrite privileged files, resulting in potential denial of service or data loss.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
NVIDIANVIDIA GPU Display DriverAll GPU Driver versions

References

Timeline

Published
Jul 22, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-1092: High severity, CVSS 7.1 | Vulnix