CVE-2016-8812

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2016-11-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, NVIDIA GeForce Experience R340 before GFE 2.11.4.125 and R375 before GFE 3.1.0.52 contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvstreamkms.sys) allowing a user to cause a stack buffer overflow with specially crafted executable paths, leading to a denial of service or escalation of privileges.

Affected products

Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions): through -

References

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93986
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40660/
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93986
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40660/

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