High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 8, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-8810
CVE-2016-8810
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 0x100009a 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.
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Affected products
2- Range: <342.00 (R340), <375.63 (R375)
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93997nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40665/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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