Vulnerability record · CVE-2016-8812 · published 8 November 2016

CVE-2016-8812: Nvidia geforce experience memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Nvidia · Geforce Experience

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.

8.8 CVSS 3.0 High EPSS 1.6% · top 25.0% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow

8.8CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 7.2

1.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

6References

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Geforce Experience Nvidia

References

Link	Tags
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93986	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40660/
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93986	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40660/

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2016-8812), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.