CVE-2021-1115

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-10-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-476

Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for private IOCTLs, where an attacker with local unprivileged system access may cause a NULL pointer dereference, which may lead to denial of service in a component beyond the vulnerable component.

Affected products

NVIDIA Guest driver: from 390 before 392.68; from 460 before 463.15; from 470 before 472.39; from 490 before 496.49 — fixed in 392.68, 463.15, 472.39, 496.49

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NVIDIA Guest driver 392.68, 463.15, 472.39, 496.49. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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