CVE-2021-1052: NVIDIA GPU Driver

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• NVIDIA GPU Driver: from 390, before 392.63 (fixed in 392.63); from 418, before 427.11 (fixed in 427.11); from 450, before 452.77 (fixed in 452.77); from 460, before 461.09 (fixed in 461.09); from 390, before 390.141 (fixed in 390.141); from 450, before 450.102.04 (fixed in 450.102.04); …

Published 2021-01-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.