CVE-2016-8817 — 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

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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

Published Dec 16, 2016

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.40%

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.

Affected products

Vendor Nvidia Corporation Product Quadro, NVS, GeForce, GRID and Tesla Default
n/a
- Version
  All
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Nvidia Corporation

Quadro, NVS, GeForce, GRID and Tesla

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
All	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.40% 0.00400

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00400

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.40% (0.00400)	31.86th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.40% (0.00397)	31.25th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.04% (0.00041)	9.48th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	14.58th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 25, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	12.27th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00044)	10.26th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (2)

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4257
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95059
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4257		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95059		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner nvidia

Published Dec 16, 2016

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Oct 18, 2016

Link CVE-2016-8817

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2016-8817

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2016-8817