CVE-2016-8809 Information

Description

For the NVIDIA Quadro NVS and GeForce products NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver R340 before 342.00 and R375 before 375.63 contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgDdiEscape ID 0x70001b2 where the size of an input buffer is not validated leading to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93992 https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40664/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8