NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver Kernel Mode Vulnerability: Denial of Service and Privilege Escalation
CVE-2016-8816 · HIGH Severity
AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
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