CVE-2016-7382

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-11-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-275

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.

Affected products

Nvidia Corporation GPU Display Driver: 304.131, 340.98, 361.93.02, 367.44, 367.54, 370.23

References

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4246
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94177
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4246
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94177
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822

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