CVE-2016-7386 Information disclosure in Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions)
An attacker can leak kernel memory contents to user space via an uninitialized buffer in the NVIDIA GPU driver, potentially exposing sensitive data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-7386?
CVE-2016-7386 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Gpu Driver, published on 8 Nov 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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 0x70000D4 which may lead to leaking of kernel memory contents to user space through an uninitialized buffer.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7386?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Gpu Driver.
How do I fix CVE-2016-7386?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-7386 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-7386 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-7386 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Gpu Driver
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p2pm-79xh-79wr.