Denial of service in nVidia products - CVE-2016-7390
Published: November 1, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU1120
CSH Severity: Medium
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:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7390
CWE-ID: CWE-129
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 array index validation in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgDdiEscape ID 0x7000194,that allows a local attacker to trigger denial of service or increase privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in denial of service or privilege escalation.
The weakness exists due to insufficient array index validation in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgDdiEscape ID 0x7000194,that allows a local attacker to 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-2016-7390
Update Quadro and NVS to 342.00, 375.63.
Update GeForce to 375.63.
Update GeForce to 375.63.