CVE-2016-8817

HIGH

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

All versions of NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgDdiEscape where a value passed from a user to the driver is used without validation as the size input to memcpy(), causing a buffer overflow, leading to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4257
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95059

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 12.5%
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-119
Status published
Products (2)
nvidia/gpu_driver
Nvidia Corporation/Quadro, NVS, GeForce, GRID and Tesla All
Published Dec 16, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026