CVE-2016-8818 Null dereference in Quadro, NVS, GeForce, GRID and Tesla
An attacker can cause denial of service or escalate privileges via improper pointer validation in the NVIDIA Windows GPU driver kernel mode layer.
- 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-2016-8818?
CVE-2016-8818 is a high-severity 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 contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgDdiEscape where a pointer passed from a user to the driver is used without validation, leading to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8818?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Gpu Driver.
How do I fix CVE-2016-8818?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8818 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-8818 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8818 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Gpu Driver
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pgp5-wmq5-xx4p.