Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2021-1091

NVIDIA GPU Display driver for Windows contains a vulnerability where an unprivileged user can create a file hard link that causes the driver to overwrite a file that requires elevated privilege to modify, which could lead to data loss or denial of service.

  • Published: Jul 22, 2021
  • Updated: Nov 16, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2021-1091
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.1
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 3.6
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
nvidia / gpu_display_driver 427.33 427.48
nvidia / gpu_display_driver 452.96 453.10
nvidia / gpu_display_driver 462.31 462.96