CVE-2016-8808 Privilege escalation in Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions)
An attacker can exploit a missing validation in the NVIDIA Windows GPU driver to cause denial of service or escalate privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-8808?
CVE-2016-8808 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 0x70000d5 where a value passed from an user to the driver is used without validation as the index to an internal array, leading to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8808?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Gpu Driver.
How do I fix CVE-2016-8808?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2016-8808 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-8808 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Gpu Driver
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p72v-8rh8-8xhc.