Microcontroller Vulnerability in NVIDIA GPU and Tegra Hardware

CVE-2021-23219

Summary

NVIDIA GPU and Tegra hardware are impacted by a vulnerability in the internal microcontroller. This flaw potentially allows users with elevated privileges to identify, exploit, and load vulnerable microcode, leading to the unauthorized access of protected information. The implications of such an attack can result in information disclosure, which may compromise sensitive data handled by these devices.

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