CVE-2016-8826

MEDIUM

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver - Denial of Service via GPU Interrupt Storm

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

All versions of NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys for Windows or nvidia.ko for Linux) where a user can cause a GPU interrupt storm, leading to a denial of service.

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/94957

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 16.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (2)
nvidia/gpu_driver
Nvidia Corporation/Windows GPU Display Driver All
Published Dec 16, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026