CVE-2016-8821 Privilege escalation in Windows GPU Display Driver

What is CVE-2016-8821?

CVE-2016-8821 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 Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler for DxgDdiEscape where improper access controls may allow a user to access arbitrary physical memory, leading to an escalation of privileges.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8821?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nvidia Gpu Driver.

How do I fix CVE-2016-8821?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8821 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-8821 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8821 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Gpu Driver

• CVE-2019-5684 Memory corruption in GPU Display Driver Critical 10.0
• CVE-2015-5053 Privilege escalation in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2013-5986 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2019-5685 Memory corruption in GPU Display Driver Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6247 Null dereference in GPU Display Driver High 8.8

All Nvidia Gpu Driver vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-94fm-w27w-jfr2.