CVE-2021-34403: NVIDIA Shield Experience

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

NVIDIA Linux distributions contain a vulnerability in nvmap ioctl, which allows any user with a local account to exploit a use-after-free condition, leading to code privilege escalation, loss of confidentiality and integrity, or denial of service.

Affected products

• NVIDIA Shield Experience: before 9.0 (fixed in 9.0)

Published 2022-01-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.