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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= -CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:geforce_experience:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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