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CVE-2021-1095

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-07-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handlers for all control calls with embedded parameters where dereferencing an untrusted pointer may lead to denial of service.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 9.0
• NVIDIA Guest driver: from 418.197.02 before 418.211.00; from 427.33 before 427.48; from 450.119.03 before 450.142.00; from 452.96 before 453.10; from 460.73.01 before 460.91.03; from 462.31 before 462.96 — fixed in 418.211.00, 427.48, 450.142.00, 453.10, 460.91.03, 462.96

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NVIDIA Guest driver 418.211.00, 427.48, 450.142.00, 453.10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00013.html
• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5211
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-02
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00013.html
• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5211
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-02

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