CVE-2016-7382

high

Description

For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, GeForce, and Tesla products, NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys for Windows or nvidia.ko for Linux) handler where a missing permissions check may allow users to gain access to arbitrary physical memory, leading to an escalation of privileges.

References

https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94177

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4246

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-11-08

Updated: 2017-01-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High