CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-8805
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-11-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
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.
Affected configurations
• nvidia gpu driver (>= 340 < 342.00)
• nvidia gpu driver (>= 375 < 375.63)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94001 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40667/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94001 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40667/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry