SB2016110112 - Denial of service in nVidia NVS
Published: November 1, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016110112
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8807)
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause DoS condition or gain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness exists due to insufficient input validation in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgDdiEscape ID 0x10000e9. By sending a size input to memcpy(, a local attacker can trigger stack buffer overflow, leading to denial of service or privileges escalation.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in denial of service or privilege escalation.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.