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CVE-2021-23201

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-11-20 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

NVIDIA GPU and Tegra hardware contain a vulnerability in an internal microcontroller, which may allow a user with elevated privileges to generate valid microcode by identifying, exploiting, and loading vulnerable microcode. Such an attack could lead to information disclosure, data corruption, or denial of service of the device. The scope may extend to other components.

Affected products

• NVIDIA Geforce Gtx 950: all versions
• NVIDIA Geforce Gtx 960: all versions
• NVIDIA Geforce Gtx 970: all versions
• NVIDIA Geforce Gtx 980: all versions
• NVIDIA Geforce Gtx Titan X: all versions
• NVIDIA Jetson Nano: all versions
• NVIDIA Jetson Tx1: all versions
• NVIDIA Quadro M1000M: all versions
• NVIDIA Quadro M1200: all versions
• NVIDIA Quadro M2000: all versions
• NVIDIA Quadro M2000M: all versions
• NVIDIA Quadro M2200: all versions
• NVIDIA Quadro M3000M: all versions
• NVIDIA Quadro M4000: all versions
• NVIDIA Quadro M4000M: all versions
• NVIDIA Quadro M5000: all versions
• NVIDIA Quadro M5000M: all versions
• NVIDIA Quadro M500M: all versions
• NVIDIA Quadro M520: all versions
• NVIDIA Quadro M5500: all versions
• NVIDIA Quadro M6000: all versions
• NVIDIA Quadro M600M: all versions
• NVIDIA Quadro M620: all versions
• Nvidia Corporation SHIELD TV: all versions
• NVIDIA Shield Tv Pro: all versions
• NVIDIA Tesla M10: all versions
• NVIDIA Tesla M2050: all versions
• NVIDIA Tesla M2070: all versions
• NVIDIA Tesla M2070Q: all versions
• NVIDIA Tesla M2090: all versions

References

• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5263
• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5263

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