CWE Code: 264
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 7.2
CWE Name:  Permissions Privileges and Access Controls
Summary: 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 0x600000d where a value passed from a 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.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2016-11-08
Last Modified Date: 2019-03-07