The NVIDIA driver before 307.78, and Release 310 before 311.00, in the NVIDIA Display Driver service on Windows does not properly handle exceptions, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory overwrite) via a crafted application.
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/957036 | third party advisory us government resource |
| http://www.nvidia.com/object/product-security.html | patch vendor advisory |