What is CVE-2016-7382?

CVE-2016-7382 is a high-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Geforce 910m, classified under Permission Issues. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-11-08.

How severe is CVE-2016-7382?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in NVIDIA Geforce 910m

CVE-2016-7382

For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, GeForce, and Tesla products, NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys for Windows or nvidia.ko for Linux) handler where a missing permissions check may allow users to gain access to arbitrary physical memory, leading to an escalation of privileges.

EPSS: 0.004 (34.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-275 — Permission Issues

References

psirt@nvidia.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
psirt@nvidia.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
psirt@nvidia.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@nvidia.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7382?: CVE-2016-7382 is a high-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Geforce 910m, classified under Permission Issues. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-11-08.
How severe is CVE-2016-7382?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.