CVE-2016-8817: nvidia corporation quadro, nvs, geforce, grid and tesla

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-8817 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in nvidia corporation quadro, nvs, geforce, grid and tesla. EPSS estimates a 0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 16-12-2016
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.