Denial of service in nVidia products - CVE-2016-8807
Published: November 1, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU1111
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8807
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: nVidia
Affected software:
NVS
Quadro
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver
NVS
Quadro
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-8807
Update Quadro and NVS to 342.00, 375.63.
Update GeForce to 375.63.
Update GeForce to 375.63.