Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows
CVE-2016-8807
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.
EPSS: 0.017 (74.1th 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
- Microsoft Windows
- Nvidia Gpu_driver
- N/a Quadro, Nvs, And Geforce (All Versions) — versions Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions)
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- psirt@nvidia.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- psirt@nvidia.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
- psirt@nvidia.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- psirt@nvidia.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-8807?
- CVE-2016-8807 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-11-08.
- How severe is CVE-2016-8807?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.