CVE-2016-8820
All versions of NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-8820- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-8820- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-9645 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2016-9645- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jqmf-8rw2-2qx7
All versions of NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode...
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.
- Record
GHSA-jqmf-8rw2-2qx7- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-8820 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Nvidia Gpu Driver, published December 16, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.30%, the 23rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.