CVE-2016-8807

moderate-risk
Published 2016-11-08

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.38% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
40668
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Nvidia

References (8)

Patch http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94002
Third Party Advisory https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822
Third Party Advisory https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40668/
Patch http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94002
Third Party Advisory https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822
Third Party Advisory https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40668/
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 8/34 · Low
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal