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CVE-2016-8807

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2016-11-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

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 products

• Nvidia Corporation GPU Display Driver: from 340 before 342.00; from 375 before 375.63 — fixed in 342.00, 375.63

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Nvidia Corporation GPU Display Driver 342.00, 375.63. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94002
• https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40668/
• http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94002
• https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40668/

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