CVE-2021-23217 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2021-23217 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 20/11/2021 | CVE Updated: 03/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2021
Source: nvidia | Vendor: NVIDIA | Product: NVIDIA GPU and Tegra hardware
Status : PUBLISHED

CVE-2021-23217 Description

NVIDIA GPU and Tegra hardware contain a vulnerability in the internal microcontroller, which may allow a user with elevated privileges to instantiate a DMA write operation only within a specific time window timed to corrupt code execution, which may impact confidentiality, integrity, or availability. The scope impact may extend to other components.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: 7.5 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

l➤ Exploitability Metrics:
    Attack Vector (AV)* LOCAL
    Attack Complexity (AC)* HIGH
    Privileges Required (PR)* HIGH
    User Interaction (UI)* NONE
    Scope (S)* CHANGED

l➤ Impact Metrics:
    Confidentiality Impact (C)* HIGH
    Integrity Impact (I)* HIGH
    Availability Impact (A)* HIGH

Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID:
CWE Name: CWE 1190: DMA Device Enabled Too Early in Boot Phase
Source: NVIDIA

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

CAPEC-ID:
CAPEC Description:


Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).