SB2016110128 - Denial of service in nVidia NVS
Published: November 1, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016110128
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-2016-8812)
CWE-ID: CWE-121 - Stack-based buffer overflow
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 D0S condition or obtain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists in the kernel mode layer (nvstreamkms.sys). By specially crafted executable paths a local attacker can trigger a stack buffer overflow, leading to a denial of service or escalation of privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in denial of service or privilege escalation.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.