CVE-2018-6265

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-11-27 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

NVIDIA GeForce Experience contains a vulnerability in all versions prior to 3.16 during application installation on Windows 7 in elevated privilege mode, where a local user who initiates a browser session may obtain escalation of privileges on the browser.

Affected products

Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions): before 3.16 — fixed in 3.16

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions) 3.16. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4740
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-25444
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4740
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-25444

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