CVE-2021-1125 Memory corruption in NVIDIA GPU and Tegra hardware

Medium 4.1 Published Updated

Privileged users can corrupt program data in NVIDIA GPU and Tegra hardware microcontrollers, potentially compromising system integrity.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-1125?

CVE-2021-1125 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in NVIDIA GPU and Tegra hardware, published on 20 Nov 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

NVIDIA GPU and Tegra hardware contain a vulnerability in the internal microcontroller which may allow a user with elevated privileges to corrupt program data.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-1125?

It affects 107 products.

Products include Nvidia Dgx-1 P100, Nvidia Dgx-1 V100, Nvidia Dgx-2, Nvidia Dgx Station A100, Nvidia Geforce Gt 605, Nvidia Geforce Gt 610 and 101 more.

How do I fix CVE-2021-1125?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-1125 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2021-1125 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-1125 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-x652-4f75-gmq8.

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