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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 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

Published Dec 16, 2016

Description

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

Weaknesses (2)

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

CWE-200

Exposure of Sensitive Information

References (2)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner nvidia
Published Dec 16, 2016
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Oct 18, 2016
Link CVE-2016-8820
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Link CVE-2016-8820
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2016-8820