CVE-2016-8807
High
Description
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.
SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductNvidia Gpu Driver
PublishedNov 8, 2016
First seenNov 8, 2016
How to fix
Update
- nvidia gpu_driver342.00, 375.63 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| nvidia gpu_driver | 340 ≤ v < 342.00, 375 ≤ v < 375.63 | 342.00, 375.63 |
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