CVE-2016-8812 | NVIDIA Graphics Driver up to 2.11.4.124/3.1.0.51 on Quadro/NVS/GeForce Kernel Mode Layer nvstreamkms.sys memory corruption (EDB-40660 / Nessus ID 94576)
A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA Graphics Driver up to 2.11.4.124/3.1.0.51 on Quadro/NVS/GeForce. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing in the library nvstreamkms.sys of the component Kernel Mode Layer. The manipulation leads to memory corruption.
The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-8812. The attack needs to be approached locally. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.
It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.