Improper Privilege Management The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package nvidia-graphics-drivers-440-server (opens in a new tab)
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- published8 Jan 2021
- disclosed8 Jan 2021
Introduced: 8 Jan 2021
CVE-2021-1052 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:20.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nvidia-graphics-drivers-440-server package and not the nvidia-graphics-drivers-440-server package as distributed by Ubuntu.
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.