Upstream information

CVE-2016-8817 at MITRE

Description

All versions of NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgDdiEscape where a value passed from a user to the driver is used without validation as the size input to memcpy(), causing a buffer overflow, leading to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.2
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.8
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 969121 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

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Status of this issue by product and package

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Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 qemu Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 qemu Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 qemu Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 qemu Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS qemu Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS qemu Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 qemu Affected

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Mar 2 14:40:15 2016
CVE page last modified: Thu May 7 12:21:21 2026