CVE-2021-1072 Denial of service in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software
An attacker can cause denial of service in NVIDIA GeForce Experience via arbitrary file deletion in GameStream log handling.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-1072?
CVE-2021-1072 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software, published on 5 Feb 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
NVIDIA GeForce Experience, all versions prior to 3.21, contains a vulnerability in GameStream (rxdiag.dll) where an arbitrary file deletion due to improper handling of log files may lead to denial of service.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-1072?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Geforce Experience.
How do I fix CVE-2021-1072?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-1072 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2021-1072 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-1072 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software
- CVE-2017-6250 Code injection in GeForce Experience
- CVE-2016-8812 Memory corruption in Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions)
- CVE-2021-1073 Information disclosure in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software
- CVE-2022-42291 Path traversal in GeForce Experience
- CVE-2021-23175 Missing authorization in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rfpv-wr89-rpq2.