CVE-2015-7866

high

Published 2015-11-24 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.2

Description

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the Smart Maximize Helper (nvSmartMaxApp.exe) in the Control Panel in the NVIDIA GPU graphics driver R340 before 341.92, R352 before 354.35, and R358 before 358.87 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse application, as demonstrated by C:\Program.exe.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
nvidia	gpu_driver	`{"startIncluding":"340","endExcluding":"341.92"}`	`341.92`
nvidia	gpu_driver	`{"startIncluding":"352","endExcluding":"354.35"}`	`354.35`
nvidia	gpu_driver	`{"startIncluding":"358","endExcluding":"358.87"}`	`358.87`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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