Public exploit available
Public proof-of-concept or exploit code exists (ExploitDB / Metasploit / Nuclei).

CVE-2016-8806

CWE-264CWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow8 documents7 sources
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
0.4%
top 40.56%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
PoC available
Public exploit / PoC exists
Affected products
1
Nvidia GPU Driver
Timeline
PublishedNov 8
Latest updateMay 14

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDnvidia/gpu_driver340 — 342.00+1

Patches

Patch: nvidia.custhelp.com ↗Patch: nvidia.custhelp.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-74g6-576p-qjrm: For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver R340 before 342↗2022-05-14
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OSV
postgresql-common vulnerabilities↗2017-11-09
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CVEList
CVE-2016-8806: For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver R340 before 342↗2016-11-08
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OSV
libxml2 vulnerabilities↗2016-06-06
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💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Exploit-DB
NVIDIA Driver - Unchecked User-Provided Pointer in Escape 0x5000027↗2016-10-31
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
libxml2: heap-buffer overread in dict.c↗2016-01-26
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8806 libxml2: heap-buffer overread in dict.c↗2016-02-04
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CVE-2016-8806 (HIGH CVSS 7.8) | For the NVIDIA Quadro | cvebase.io