CVE-2016-8816 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting all versions of NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Drivers (nvlddmkm.sys). It allows an attacker to achieve denial of service or potential escalation of privileges due to improper validation of a user-supplied index in the DxgDdiEscape handler. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 7.8, indicating a local attack vector with low attack complexity, requiring low privileges and no user interaction, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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