CVE-2016-8812
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.61%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.61% probability · 75th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- nvidia/geforce experience
- Source
- psirt@nvidia.com
References
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93986Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40660/
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93986Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40660/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.