CVE-2016-8811: NVIDIA GPU Driver

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• NVIDIA GPU Driver: from 340, before 342.00 (fixed in 342.00); from 375, before 375.63 (fixed in 375.63)

Published 2016-11-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.