CVE-2016-8817

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
Nvidia CorporationQuadro, NVS, GeForce, GRID and TeslaAll

References

Timeline

Published
Dec 16, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-8817: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix