CVE-2021-1091: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• NVIDIA GPU Display Driver: from 427.33, before 427.48 (fixed in 427.48); from 452.96, before 453.10 (fixed in 453.10); from 462.31, before 462.96 (fixed in 462.96)

Published 2021-07-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.