#VU1109 Denial of service in nVidia products - CVE-2016-8805

 

#VU1109 Denial of service in nVidia products - CVE-2016-8805

Published: November 1, 2016


Vulnerability identifier: #VU1109
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: 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-2016-8805
CWE-ID: CWE-129
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
NVS
Quadro
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver
Software vendor:
nVidia

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 0x7000014, 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.

Remediation

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

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