Nvidia patched flaws tied to 16 CVEs across its graphics drivers and vGPU software, in its first security update of 2021. The vulnerabilities allow bad actors to cripple systems with denial of service attacks, escalate privileges, tamper with data or sniff out sensitive data. The most severe of these (CVE 2021 1051) is an issue in the graphic drivers kernel mode layer. This flaw ranks 8.4 out of 10 on the CVSS scale, making it high severity.
Source: https://threatpost.com/nvidia-windows-gamers-graphics-driver-flaws/162857/