CVE-2021-1117: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape, where an attacker through specific configuration and with local unprivileged system access may cause improper input validation, which may lead to denial of service.

Affected products

• NVIDIA GPU Display Driver: from 390, before 392.68 (fixed in 392.68); from 460, before 463.15 (fixed in 463.15); from 470, before 472.39 (fixed in 472.39); from 495, before 496.49 (fixed in 496.49)

Published 2021-10-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.