PT-2016-7300 · Nvidia+1 · Nvidia Gpu Display Driver+1

Published 2016-11-03 · Updated 2019-10-19 · CVE-2016-7382

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NVIDIA GPU Display Driver (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a missing permissions check in the kernel mode layer handler of the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver, which may allow users to gain access to arbitrary physical memory. This could lead to an escalation of privileges. The vulnerability affects the kernel mode layer handler, specifically the nvlddmkm.sys file for Windows or the nvidia.ko file for Linux.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-275

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-7382

MGASA-2017-0013

MGASA-2017-0025

USN-3122-1

Affected Products

Nvidia Gpu Display Driver

Ubuntu

References · 21

• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0013.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7382 · Vendor Advisory
• http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4246 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7382 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7382 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7382 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0013 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3122-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0025.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7389 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7382 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0025 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7382 · Security Note
• http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7382 · Security Note