Upstream information
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.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| CVSS detail | National Vulnerability Database | SUSE |
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 7.2 | 6.9 |
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low | Medium |
| Authentication | None | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete | Complete |
| CVSS detail | National Vulnerability Database |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 7.8 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3 |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Thu Nov 3 15:59:02 2016CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:26:06 2025