CVE-2021-1093: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in firmware where the driver contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary, and may lead to denial of service or system crash.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 9.0 only
• NVIDIA GPU Display Driver: from 418.197.02, before 418.211.00 (fixed in 418.211.00); from 427.33, before 427.48 (fixed in 427.48); from 450.119.03, before 450.142.00 (fixed in 450.142.00); from 452.96, before 453.10 (fixed in 453.10); from 460.73.01, before 460.91.03 (fixed in 460.91.03); from 462.31, before 462.96 (fixed in 462.96)

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