High severity · published Nov 8, 2016
CVE-2016-7389
For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, GeForce, and Tesla products, NVIDIA GPU Display Driver on Linux R304 before 304.132, R340 before 340.98, R367 before 367.55, R361_93 before 361.93.03,…
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, GeForce, and Tesla products, NVIDIA GPU Display Driver on Linux R304 before 304.132, R340 before 340.98, R367 before 367.55, R361_93 before 361.93.03, and R370 before 370.28 contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvidia.ko) handler for mmap() where improper input validation may allow users to gain access to arbitrary physical memory, leading to an escalation of privileges.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 36% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GD
Gpu Driver · Nvidia
304.79; 340.52; 361.91; 365.19; 368.81 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7389
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7389
Patch
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4246
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94177
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