PT-2016-5705 · Nvidia · Nvidia Kernel

Published 2016-09-11 · Updated 2017-10-19 · CVE-2016-3873

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NVIDIA kernel versions prior to 2016-09-05

Description The issue allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2016-09-05, update the NVIDIA kernel to a version released after 2016-09-05 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-3873

Affected Products

Nvidia Kernel

References · 8

• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3873 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3873 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3873 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3873 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3873 · Security Note
• http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036763 · Note