NVIDIA Graphics Driver on Quadro/NVS/GeForce NVAPI Support Layer input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in NVIDIA Graphics Driver on Quadro/NVS/GeForce. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component NVAPI Support Layer. The manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2016-5025. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA Graphics Driver on Quadro/NVS/GeForce (Hardware Driver Software) (the affected version is unknown) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component NVAPI Support Layer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, GeForce products, improper sanitization of parameters in the NVAPI support layer causes a denial of service vulnerability (blue screen crash) within the NVIDIA Windows graphics drivers.

The weakness was published 11/08/2016 with Microsoft Vulnerability Research (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at nvidia.custhelp.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-5025 since 05/24/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 93912 (NVIDIA Graphics Driver 340.x < 341.96 / 352.x < 354.99 / 361.x < 362.77 / 367.x < 368.39 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (93912) and SecurityFocus (BID 93251†). Similar entries are available at VDB-93331, VDB-93332, VDB-93333 and VDB-93334. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 93912
Nessus Name: NVIDIA Graphics Driver 340.x < 341.96 / 352.x < 354.99 / 361.x < 362.77 / 367.x < 368.39 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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05/24/2016 🔍
08/11/2016 +79 days 🔍
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10/07/2016 +57 days 🔍
11/08/2016 +32 days 🔍
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11/09/2016 +1 days 🔍
05/27/2019 +929 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: nvidia.com

Advisory: nvidia.custhelp.com
Organization: Microsoft Vulnerability Research
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-5025 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-5025
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-93335
SecurityFocus: 93251 - Multiple NVIDIA Products Local Privilege Escalation and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/09/2016 08:04
Updated: 05/27/2019 17:25
Changes: 11/09/2016 08:04 (57), 05/27/2019 17:25 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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