CVE-2016-8811

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 0x7000170 where the size of an input buffer is not validated, leading to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40662/

https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93988

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-11-08

Updated: 2019-03-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High