CVE-2016-8806 is a vulnerability in the NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver (nvlddmkm.sys) affecting Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products before versions 342.00 and 375.63. It stems from a lack of validation for a user-provided pointer in the DxgDdiEscape ID 0x5000027 handler. This vulnerability carries a high CVSSv3 score of 7.8, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, potentially leading to denial of service or escalation of privileges. While not actively exploited in the wild (no KEV entry), public exploit code (EDB-40663) exists, yet there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 340, < 342.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 375, < 375.63CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.