{"id":"CVE-2016-8807","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-8807","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:54:48.474Z","title":"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 0x10000e9 where a value is passed…","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 0x10000e9 where a value is passed from an user to the driver is used without validation as the size input to memcpy() causing a stack buffer overflow, leading to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.","published":"2016-11-08T20:59:21.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:55:02.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@nvidia.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["nvidia/gpu driver"],"epss":{"score":0.01654,"percentile":0.76434,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2016-10-31","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":40668,"kind":"exploit","title":"NVIDIA Driver - Stack Buffer Overflow in Escape 0x10000e9","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40668","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/40668.txt","file":"exploits/windows/dos/40668.txt","published":"2016-10-31","added":"2016-10-31","updated":"2016-10-31","author":"Google Security Research","type":"dos","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2016-8807"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=947"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.7%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@nvidia.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94002","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@nvidia.com"},{"url":"https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"psirt@nvidia.com"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40668/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@nvidia.com"},{"url":"http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94002","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40668/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8807","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}