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CVE-2016-8812

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8812 is a stack buffer overflow vulnerability in the nvstreamkms.sys kernel mode driver of NVIDIA GeForce Experience R340 (before GFE 2.11.4.125) and R375 (before GFE 3.1.0.52), affecting NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products. It carries a CVSSv3 score of 8.8 (HIGH), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, allowing an authenticated user to achieve denial of service or escalation of privileges. While not listed in CISA KEV, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-40660) exists detailing a local privilege escalation exploit, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit or Nuclei modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= -CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:geforce_experience:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.0
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-40660 · Oct 31, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0161 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 16,974 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

nvidia.custhelp.com / app/answers/detail/a_id/4247
PatchVendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/40660
securityfocus.com / bid/93986
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry