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CVE-2016-8816

Published: Dec 16, 2016

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

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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 index to an array, leading to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Nvidia Corporation	Quadro, NVS, GeForce, GRID and Tesla	affected `All`

References

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4257

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