CVE-2016-8808
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 0x70000d5 where a value passed…
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A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.6%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
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 0x70000d5 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
- 1.60% probability · 76th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 31 October 2016
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- nvidia/gpu driver
- Source
- psirt@nvidia.com
EPSS 1.6% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93999Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40666/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93999Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40666/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.