CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-7382

HIGH
7.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, GeForce, and Tesla products, NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys for Windows or nvidia.ko for Linux) handler where a missing permissions check may allow users to gain access to arbitrary physical memory, leading to an escalation of privileges.

CWE-275

How to fix

Remediation Available
nvidia-graphics-driversDebian
Fixed in:367.57-1CVE-2016-7382
Fixed in:367.57-1CVE-2016-7382
Fixed in:367.57-1CVE-2016-7382
Fixed in:367.57-1CVE-2016-7382
nvidia-304Ubuntu
Fixed in:304.132-0ubuntu0.14.04.2USN-3122-1
Fixed in:304.132-0ubuntu0.16.04.2USN-3122-1
nvidia-304-updatesUbuntu
Fixed in:304.132-0ubuntu0.14.04.2USN-3122-1
Fixed in:304.132-0ubuntu0.16.04.2USN-3122-1
nvidia-331Ubuntu
Fixed in:340.98-0ubuntu0.14.04.1USN-3122-1
Fixed in:340.98-0ubuntu0.16.04.1USN-3122-1
nvidia-331-updatesUbuntu
Fixed in:340.98-0ubuntu0.14.04.1USN-3122-1
Fixed in:340.98-0ubuntu0.16.04.1USN-3122-1
nvidia-340Ubuntu
Fixed in:340.98-0ubuntu0.14.04.1USN-3122-1
Fixed in:340.98-0ubuntu0.16.04.1USN-3122-1
nvidia-340-updatesUbuntu
Fixed in:340.98-0ubuntu0.14.04.1USN-3122-1
Fixed in:340.98-0ubuntu0.16.04.1USN-3122-1
nvidia-352Ubuntu
Fixed in:367.57-0ubuntu0.14.04.1USN-3122-1
nvidia-352-updatesUbuntu
Fixed in:367.57-0ubuntu0.14.04.1USN-3122-1
nvidia-361Ubuntu
Fixed in:367.57-0ubuntu0.16.04.1USN-3122-1
nvidia-367Ubuntu
Fixed in:367.57-0ubuntu0.14.04.1USN-3122-1
Fixed in:367.57-0ubuntu0.16.04.1USN-3122-1
nvidia-currentUbuntu
Fixed in:304.132-0ubuntu0.14.04.2USN-3122-1
Fixed in:304.132-0ubuntu0.16.04.2USN-3122-1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-304Ubuntu
Fixed in:304.132-0ubuntu0.14.04.2USN-3122-1
Fixed in:304.132-0ubuntu0.16.04.2USN-3122-1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-340Ubuntu
Fixed in:340.98-0ubuntu0.14.04.1USN-3122-1
Fixed in:340.98-0ubuntu0.16.04.1USN-3122-1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-367Ubuntu
Fixed in:367.57-0ubuntu0.14.04.1USN-3122-1
Fixed in:367.57-0ubuntu0.16.04.1USN-3122-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.41%probability of exploitation in 30 days
33rdpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 33% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1
Other references1
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