CVE-2016-8806 Privilege escalation in Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions)
An attacker can exploit a pointer validation flaw in the NVIDIA Windows GPU driver to escalate privileges or cause a denial of service.
- 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-2016-8806?
CVE-2016-8806 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 0x5000027 where a pointer passed from an user to the driver is used without validation, leading to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8806?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Gpu Driver.
How do I fix CVE-2016-8806?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8806 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-8806 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-8806 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Gpu Driver
Sources
Also known as GHSA-74g6-576p-qjrm.