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CVE-2016-7382
For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, GeForce, and Tesla products, NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer…
High7.8EPSS 0.41%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- nvidia
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.41% · top 64% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- Incorrect Access Control
- CWE-275 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
Quadro, NVS, GeForce, and Tesla (all versions)
- affected Quadro, NVS, GeForce, and Tesla (all versions)
References (4)
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 94177 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4246 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .