Vulnerabilities > Missing Release of File Descriptor or Handle after Effective Lifetime

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2016-12-16 CVE-2016-8819 Missing Release of File Descriptor or Handle after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in Nvidia GPU Driver
All versions of NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape where a handle to a kernel object may be returned to the user, leading to possible denial of service or escalation of privileges.
local
low complexity
nvidia CWE-775
7.8