CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-7387

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to attacks that could lead to denial of service or unauthorized access to systems, resulting in serious security implications.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the GPU drivers to version R342.00 or later and R375.63 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

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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 the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgDdiEscape ID 0x600000D where a value passed from a user to the driver is used without validation as the index to an internal array, leading to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.

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