Improper Privilege Management Affecting nvidia-graphics-drivers package, versions <460.32.03-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.45% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-NVIDIAGRAPHICSDRIVERS-1056902
  • published10 Jan 2021
  • disclosed8 Jan 2021

Introduced: 8 Jan 2021

CVE-2021-1052  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable nvidia-graphics-drivers to version 460.32.03-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nvidia-graphics-drivers package and not the nvidia-graphics-drivers package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape or IOCTL in which user-mode clients can access legacy privileged APIs, which may lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, and information disclosure.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1