CWE Code: 264
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 7.2
CWE Name:  Permissions Privileges and Access Controls
Summary: for the nvidia quadro, nvs, geforce, and tesla products, nvidia gpu display driver on linux r304 before 304.132, r340 before 340.98, r367 before 367.55, r361_93 before 361.93.03, and r370 before 370.28 contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvidia.ko) handler for mmap() where improper input validation may allow users to gain access to arbitrary physical memory, leading to an escalation of privileges.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2016-11-08
Last Modified Date: 2016-11-28