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)