High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 8, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-8812
CVE-2016-8812
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.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:geforce_experience:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:geforce_experience:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=-
- (no CPE)range: < GFE 2.11.4.125, < GFE 3.1.0.52
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93986nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40660/nvd
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