CVE-2021-1115

6.5 mediumEPSS 0.2%

Medium (6.5) in nvidia gpu display driver. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.5 medium

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

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 10% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-476
Published: 2021-10-27
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

nvidia:gpu_display_driver

References

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5230
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5230

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