{"id":"CVE-2016-8820","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-8820","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:08:34.859Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2016-12-16T21:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:55:04.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@nvidia.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20","CWE-200"],"affected":["nvidia/gpu driver"],"epss":{"score":0.00304,"percentile":0.23065,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.30%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4257","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@nvidia.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95045","source":"psirt@nvidia.com"},{"url":"http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4257","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95045","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8820","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}