CVSS 3.0
6.1 mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:HCVE-2016-8820
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 23% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWEs
- CWE-20, CWE-200
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- nvidia:gpu_driver