PT-2016-7595 · Nvidia+1 · Nvidia Gpu Display Driver+1

Published 2016-12-16 · Updated 2017-03-21 · CVE-2016-8826

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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 vulnerability in the kernel mode layer of the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver, where a user can cause a GPU interrupt storm. This can lead to a denial of service. The vulnerability affects the nvlddmkm.sys driver for Windows and the nvidia.ko driver for Linux.

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

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-8826

MGASA-2017-0013

MGASA-2017-0025

USN-3173-1

USN-3173-2

Affected Products

Nvidia Gpu Display Driver

Ubuntu

References · 21

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3173-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8826 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8826 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0013 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3173-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8826 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8826 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8826 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3173-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4278 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0025.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3173-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0013.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8826 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8826 · Security Note