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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 (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.

Published

2016-11-08T20:59:18.663

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	nvidia	gpu_driver	< 342.00	Yes
Application	nvidia	gpu_driver	< 375.63	Yes
Operating System	microsoft	windows	*	No

References

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94001 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40667/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94001 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40667/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)