CVE-2016-8806

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 0x5000027 where a pointer passed from an user to the driver is used without validation, leading to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.

CVSS v3.0 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93990	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822	Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40663/	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver::::::::

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2016-11-08 12:59

Updated : 2019-03-07 12:03

NVD link : CVE-2016-8806

Mitre link : CVE-2016-8806

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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Products Affected

nvidia

gpu_driver

microsoft

windows

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