CVE-2016-7390

HIGH

NVIDIA GPU Driver R340 < 342.00 and R375 < 375.63 - Denial of Service or Privilege Escalation via DxgDdiEscape Handler

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2016-7390. PoCs published by Google Security Research.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a bounds-checking vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver's DxgkDdiEscape handler (0x7000194), leading to out-of-bounds read/write operations via unchecked memcpy calls. The PoC demonstrates a crash (PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA) on Windows 10 x64 with driver version 372.54.

Description

For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver R340 before 342.00 and R375 before 375.63 contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgDdiEscape ID 0x7000194 where a value passed from a user to the driver is used without validation as the index to an internal array, leading to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Google Security Research · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40658

This exploit targets a bounds-checking vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver's DxgkDdiEscape handler (0x7000194), leading to out-of-bounds read/write operations via unchecked memcpy calls. The PoC demonstrates a crash (PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA) on Windows 10 x64 with driver version 372.54.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: NVIDIA GPU driver (nvlddmkm.sys) version 372.54 on Windows 10 x64
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Windows 10 x64 with NVIDIA driver 372.54 · WDK for D3DKMTEscape · setupapi.lib
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40658/
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93984
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0154
EPSS Percentile 71.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (2)
n/a/Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions) Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions)
nvidia/gpu_driver 340 - 342.00
Published Nov 08, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026