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CVE-2021-23217
NVIDIA GPU and Tegra hardware contain a vulnerability in the internal microcontroller, which may allow a user with elevated privileges to…
High7.5EPSS 0.31%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- nvidia
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| nvidiaCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.31% · top 76% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- CWE 1190: DMA Device Enabled Too Early in Boot Phase
Affected products
NVIDIA · NVIDIA GPU and Tegra hardware
- affected Maxwell, GP100, Tegra X1, Tegra X1+, Tegra TX2
References (1)
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5263 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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