CVE-2016-8817 Memory corruption in Quadro, NVS, GeForce, GRID and Tesla
A buffer overflow in the NVIDIA Windows GPU driver kernel mode layer allows attackers to cause denial of service or escalate privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-8817?
CVE-2016-8817 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Nvidia Gpu Driver, published on 16 Dec 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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 size input to memcpy(), causing a buffer overflow, leading to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8817?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Gpu Driver.
How do I fix CVE-2016-8817?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8817 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2016-8817 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8817 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Gpu Driver
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m5pc-rc38-gc82.