SB2016110117 - Denial of service in nVidia NVS
Published: November 1, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016110117
CSH Severity
Medium
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 vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7391)
CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause DoS condition or gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper array bounds validation in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgDdiEscape ID 0x100010b,that allows a local attacker to write to kernel memory, leading to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges..
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in denial of service or privilege escalation.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.