High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 8, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-7391

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 0x100010b where a missing array bounds check can allow a user to write to kernel memory, leading to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.

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Affected products

Nvidia/GPU Driver
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: >=340,<342.00
Nvidia/Windows GPU Display Driverllm-fuzzy
Range: <375.63
Nvidia/Quadrollm-fuzzy
Range: <342.00
Nvidia/NVSllm-fuzzy
Range: <342.00
Nvidia/GeForcellm-fuzzy
Range: <342.00

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References

nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247nvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93987nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822nvdThird Party Advisory
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40661/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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