CVE-2016-8812

moderate-risk
Published 2016-11-08

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.38% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
40660
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Nvidia

References (6)

Patch http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93986
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40660/
Patch http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93986
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40660/
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moderate-risk
Severity 27/34 · High
Exploitability 8/34 · Low
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal