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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.54%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.54% probability · 73th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- nvidia/gpu driver
- Source
- psirt@nvidia.com
References
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94001Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40667/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94001Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40667/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.