CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-8824

7.8 HIGH 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])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-284

Description

All versions of NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgDdiEscape where improper access controls allow a regular user to write a part of the registry intended for privileged users only, leading to escalation of privileges.

Affected configurations

• nvidia gpu driver

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness

References