Description
For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, NVIDIA GeForce Experience R340 before GFE 2.11.4.125 and R375 before GFE 3.1.0.52 contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvstreamkms.sys) allowing a user to cause a stack buffer overflow with specially crafted executable paths, leading to a denial of service or escalation of privileges.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions) | Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions) | — |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
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Exploit-DB 1
- NVIDIA Driver - NvStreamKms 'PsSetCreateProcessNotifyRoutineEx Local Stack Buffer Overflow Callback / Local Privilege Escalation EDB-40660 · local · Oct 31, 2016 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 93986 vdb-entry
- 40660 exploit
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247