High severity · published Nov 8, 2016
CVE-2016-8805
For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver R340 before 342.00 and R375 before 375.63 contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer…
7.8
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver R340 before 342.00 and R375 before 375.63 contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgDdiEscape ID 0x7000014 where a value passed from an user to the driver is used without validation as the index to an internal array, leading to denial of service or potential 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)1.5% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GD
Gpu Driver · Nvidia
340 before 342.00; 375 before 375.63 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8805
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8805
Patch
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94001
Third Party Advisory
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822
Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40667/
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