CVE-2016-8810
HighSummary
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
This vulnerability could allow attackers to remotely trigger denial of service or gain elevated privileges on the system, posing a serious security threat to the organization.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update the GPU driver to version R342.00 or R375.63 to mitigate this vulnerability.
Other vulnerabilities in NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver R340 before 342.00 and R375 before 375.63
See all- CVE-2016-8806High
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.
- CVE-2016-7383High
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.
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 0x100009a where a value passed from an 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.