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CVE-2016-7382

Published: Nov 8, 2016

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

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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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	Quadro, NVS, GeForce, and Tesla (all versions)	affected `Quadro, NVS, GeForce, and Tesla (all versions)`

References

https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822

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http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4246

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http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247

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