CVE-2016-8827

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-12-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

NVIDIA GeForce Experience 3.x before GFE 3.1.0.52 contains a vulnerability in NVIDIA Web Helper.exe where a local web API endpoint, /VisualOPS/v.1.0./, lacks proper access control and parameter validation, allowing for information disclosure via a directory traversal attack.

Affected products

Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions): from 3.0 before 3.1.0.52 — fixed in 3.1.0.52

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions) 3.1.0.52. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4279
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94964
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5033
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5155
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4279
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94964
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5033
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5155

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