CVE-2016-8807

N/A
Published: November 8, 2016 at 08:37 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:55 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGPU Driver· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

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 0x10000e9 where a value is passed from an user to the driver is used without validation as the size input to memcpy() causing a stack buffer overflow, leading to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

340 ≤ v < 342.00375 ≤ v < 375.63
Affected range stops below 342.00, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 375.63, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
microsoft-windows (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (4)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94002
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822
Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40668/

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264

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