# CVE-2016-8812: Memory corruption in Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions)

> A stack buffer overflow in the NVIDIA kernel mode layer allows local attackers to cause denial of service or escalate privileges.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Nov 2016
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2qfm-pppv-fqqv

## What is CVE-2016-8812?

CVE-2016-8812 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions), published on 8 Nov 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8812?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Nvidia Geforce Experience.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-8812?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8812 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-8812 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-8812 exists.

Public exploit code:

- NVIDIA Driver - NvStreamKms 'PsSetCreateProcessNotifyRoutineEx Local Stack Buffer Overflow Callback / Local Privilege Escalation (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions)

- [CVE-2017-6250](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6250/): Code injection in GeForce Experience (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-1073](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1073/): Information disclosure in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2022-42291](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-42291/): Path traversal in GeForce Experience (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2021-23175](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-23175/): Missing authorization in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2020-5977](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5977/): Path traversal in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-8812 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-8812 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions), published on 8 Nov 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-8812 exists.

Affected product: Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8812/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8812/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8812
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8812
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8812

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