CVE-2021-1075: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver

High severity, CVSS 7.3. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver for Windows, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape where the program dereferences a pointer that contains a location for memory that is no longer valid, which may lead to code execution, denial of service, or escalation of privileges. Attacker does not have any control over the information and may conduct limited data modification.

Affected products

• NVIDIA GPU Display Driver: from 418, before 427.33 (fixed in 427.33); from 450, before 452.96 (fixed in 452.96); from 460, before 462.31 (fixed in 462.31); from 465, before 466.11 (fixed in 466.11)

Published 2021-04-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.