CVE-2016-7391 Privilege escalation in Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions)
A missing bounds check in the NVIDIA Windows GPU driver allows local attackers to write to kernel memory, causing denial of service or privilege escalation.
- 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-2016-7391?
CVE-2016-7391 is a high-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 0x100010b where a missing array bounds check can allow a user to write to kernel memory, leading to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7391?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Gpu Driver.
How do I fix CVE-2016-7391?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-7391 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-7391 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-7391 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Gpu Driver
Sources
Also known as GHSA-ff56-g4x9-jf3x.