CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-8811
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 0x7000170 where the size of an input buffer is not validated, 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/93988 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40662/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93988 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40662/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry