High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 8, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-8808
CVE-2016-8808
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 0x70000d5 where a value passed from an user to the driver is used without validation as the index to an internal array, leading to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.
Affected products
1Patches
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Vulnerability mechanics
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References
4- nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93999nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40666/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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