CVE-2016-8820

CVSS V2 Medium 5.6 CVSS V3 Medium 6.1
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-8820
  • Assigner
  • psirt@nvidia.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-12-16T21:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2016-12-24T02:59:44
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-200 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 5.6
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 7.8
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.1
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 4.2
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4257 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95045
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8820
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8820
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:54:50 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 12:30:10 2016-12-16T21:59Z 2016-12-16T21:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 12:30:10 2016-12-24T02:59:44 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 12:30:10 Modified Vulnerability Status updated