CVE-2016-8820 (GCVE-0-2016-8820)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-16 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:35
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Summary
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.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • Denial of Service
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2016-11-18 00:00
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