NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver Vulnerability: Arbitrary Physical Memory Access

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver Vulnerability: Arbitrary Physical Memory Access

CVE-2016-8821 · 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 handler for DxgDdiEscape where improper access controls may allow a user to access arbitrary physical memory, leading to an escalation of privileges.

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