CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-8820

6.1 MEDIUM Published 2016-12-16 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-12-16
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-20, CWE-200

Description

All versions of NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgDdiEscape where a check on a function return value is missing, potentially allowing an uninitialized value to be used as the source of a strcpy() call, leading to denial of service or information disclosure.

Affected configurations

• nvidia gpu driver

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

References