FKIE_CVE-2021-23217
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-11-20 15:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:38
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/
Summary
NVIDIA GPU and Tegra hardware contain a vulnerability in the internal microcontroller, which may allow a user with elevated privileges to instantiate a DMA write operation only within a specific time window timed to corrupt code execution, which may impact confidentiality, integrity, or availability. The scope impact may extend to other components.
References
Impacted products
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