CVE-2016-7383
HighSummary
The NVIDIA GPU driver for Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products contains a vulnerability in a memory mapping API in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys), leading to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.
Risk Assessment
The organization may be exposed to attacks that could lead to system downtime or unauthorized access to resources.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update the GPU driver to version R342.00 or newer and R375.63 or newer to mitigate this vulnerability.
Other vulnerabilities in NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver R340 before 342.00 and R375 before 375.63
See all- CVE-2016-8810High
The NVIDIA GPU driver for Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer that allows an unvalidated value to be used as an index to an internal array. This can lead to denial of service or potential privilege escalation.
- CVE-2016-8806High
The NVIDIA GPU driver for Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer that allows a pointer passed from a user to be used without validation. This can lead to denial of service or potential privilege escalation.
- CVE-2016-8805High
The NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver for R340 before 342.00 and R375 before 375.63 contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys). A value passed from a user to the driver is used without validation as an index to an internal array, leading to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.
Original NVD description (English source)
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 a memory mapping API in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler, leading to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.