CVE-2016-8820 Information disclosure in Quadro, NVS, GeForce, GRID and Tesla

Medium 6.1 Published 16 Dec 2016 Updated 6 Aug 2024

A missing return value check in the NVIDIA Windows GPU driver kernel mode layer allows attackers to cause denial of service or disclose sensitive information.

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-2016-8820?

CVE-2016-8820 is a medium-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 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.

Weakness: CWE-200, CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8820?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nvidia Gpu Driver.

How do I fix CVE-2016-8820?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8820 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-8820 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8820 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Nvidia Gpu Driver vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jqmf-8rw2-2qx7.