Is CVE-2016-8811 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-8811 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-8811?

CVE-2016-8811 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-8811?

CVE-2016-8811 has an EPSS score of 1.60% (73th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-8811?

Upgrade gpu driver to 375.63 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-8811

HIGHEPSS 73th pctl

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver R340 before 342.00 and R375 before 375.63 contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgDdiEscape ID 0x7000170 where the size of an input buffer is not validated, leading to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.

CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

How to fix

Remediation Available

gpu driverNVD

Affected:>= 375, < 375.63Fixed in:375.63CVE-2016-8811derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.60%probability of exploitation in 30 days

73rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 73% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

nvidia.custhelp.com

Third-Party Advisory3

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-264 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2012-1456	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1459	Medium	4.3	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2012-1446	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1443	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1442	Medium	4.3	99%	-	-
CVE-2012-1457	Medium	4.3	98%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.