Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows
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 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.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.016 (74.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 74.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows
- NVIDIA GPU Driver
- Quadro, Nvs, And Geforce (All Versions) — versions Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions)
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822 (Third Party Advisory)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40666/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93999 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-8808?
- CVE-2016-8808 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-2016-8808?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.