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CVE-2016-8806 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40663/	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93990	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40663/	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93990	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
nvidia gpu driver	>= 340, < 342.00 >= 375, < 375.63
CPE cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
microsoft windows	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

14 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 7, 2019	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Sep 3, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 20, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 29, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Nov 28, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 14, 2016	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Nov 11, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 9, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Nov 9, 2016	CVE Translated	[email protected]
Nov 9, 2016	Initial Analysis	[email protected]