2021-1093 | NVIDIA GPU Display Driver assert denial of service
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A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver on Windows/Linux (Hardware Driver Software) (unknown version). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function assert
. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in firmware where the driver contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary, and may lead to denial of service or system crash.
The weakness was disclosed 07/22/2021. It is possible to read the advisory at nvidia.custhelp.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-1093 since 11/12/2020. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5
VulDB Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.5
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499
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Remote: Yes
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11/12/2020 CVE assigned
07/22/2021 Advisory disclosed
07/22/2021 VulDB entry created
07/26/2021 VulDB last updateVendor: https://www.nvidia.com/
Advisory: nvidia.custhelp.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2021-1093 (🔒)
Created: 07/22/2021 12:59
Updated: 07/26/2021 15:06
Changes: (1) source_cve_cna
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