7.8high
CVE-2016-88061 exploit
For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver R340 before 342.00 and R375 before 375.63 contains a vu…
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.6%
percentile 76%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB
Summary
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 0x5000027 where a pointer passed from an user to the driver is used without validation, leading to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.63% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs.
Exploits and detections
- EDB-40663 NVIDIA Driver - Unchecked User-Provided Pointer in Escape 0x5000027 · dos · 2016-10-31
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Affected products
- n/a Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions)
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
References
- support.lenovo.com /us/en/solutions/LEN-10822 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/93990 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- nvidia.custhelp.com /app/answers/detail/a_id/4247 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- exploit-db.com /exploits/40663/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-8806
- NVD: CVE-2016-8806
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