Vulnerability in NVIDIA GPU and Tegra Hardware Microcontroller Allows Unauthorized Microcode Generation and Potential Device Compromise

CVE-2021-23201 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVIDIA GPU and Tegra hardware contain a vulnerability in an internal microcontroller, which may allow a user with elevated privileges to generate valid microcode by identifying, exploiting, and loading vulnerable microcode. Such an attack could lead to information disclosure, data corruption, or denial of service of the device. The scope may extend to other components.

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