CVE-2016-8822

HIGH

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver - DoS/Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

All versions of NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgDdiEscape ID 0x600000E, 0x600000F, and 0x6000010 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.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4278

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95014

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0005

EPSS Percentile 14.9%

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-20

Status published

Products (2)

nvidia/gpu_driver

Nvidia Corporation/Windows GPU Display Driver All

Published Dec 16, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026