CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-7382

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Quadro, NVS, GeForce, and Tesla products contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer that allows access to arbitrary physical memory due to a missing permissions check.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may lead to privilege escalation, posing a serious threat to the security of the operating system and user data.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the GPU driver to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and conduct a user permissions audit.

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Original NVD description (English source)

For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, GeForce, and Tesla products, NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys for Windows or nvidia.ko for Linux) handler where a missing permissions check may allow users to gain access to arbitrary physical memory, leading to an escalation of privileges.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS