Denial of service in nVidia products - CVE-2016-8809

 

Denial of service in nVidia products - CVE-2016-8809

Published: November 1, 2016


Vulnerability identifier: #VU1113
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-2016-8809
CWE-ID: CWE-120
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vendor: nVidia
Affected software:
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 buffer overflow in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgDdiEscape ID 0x70001b2. By sending a specially crafted file, a local attacker can trigger denial of service or increase privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in denial of service or privilege escalation.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-8809

Update Quadro and NVS to 342.00, 375.63.
Update GeForce to 375.63.

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