CVE-2016-8822: NVIDIA GPU Driver

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

All versions of NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgDdiEscape ID 0x600000E, 0x600000F, and 0x6000010 where a value passed from a user to the driver is used without validation as the index to an internal array, leading to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.

Affected products

• NVIDIA GPU Driver: affected versions not specified

Published 2016-12-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.