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 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.
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