CVE-2016-7389 — For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, GeForce, and Tesla products, NVIDIA GPU Display Driver on Linux R304 before 304.132, R340 before 340.98, R367 before 367.55, R361_93 before 361.93.03, and R370 before 370.28 contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvidia.ko) handler for mmap() where improper input validation may allow users to gain access to arbitrary physical memory, leading to an escalation of privileges

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HIGH

For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, GeForce, and Tesla products, NVIDIA GPU Display Driver on Linux R304 before 304.132, R340 before 340.98, R367 before 367.55, R361_93 before 361.93.03, and R370 before 370.28 contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvidia.ko) handler for mmap() where improper input validation may allow users to gain access to arbitrary physical memory, leading to an escalation of privileges

Published Nov 8, 2016

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.42%

Description

For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, GeForce, and Tesla products, NVIDIA GPU Display Driver on Linux R304 before 304.132, R340 before 340.98, R367 before 367.55, R361_93 before 361.93.03, and R370 before 370.28 contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvidia.ko) handler for mmap() where improper input validation may allow users to gain access to arbitrary physical memory, leading to an escalation of privileges.

Affected products

Vendor n/a Product Quadro, NVS, GeForce, and Tesla (all versions) Default
n/a
- Version
  Quadro, NVS, GeForce, and Tesla (all versions)
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

n/a

Quadro, NVS, GeForce, and Tesla (all versions)

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
Quadro, NVS, GeForce, and Tesla (all versions)	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.42% 0.00423

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00423

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.42% (0.00423)	34.27th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.42% (0.00423)	33.57th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.04% (0.00044)	10.68th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	14.58th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 25, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	12.27th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00044)	10.26th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (2)

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4246
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94177
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4246		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94177		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner nvidia

Published Nov 8, 2016

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Sep 9, 2016

Link CVE-2016-7389

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2016-7389

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2016-7389