Using the Lasso Tool crashing Photoshop CC

Hi,
Looking for some help as to why Photoshop crashes at least once a day, sometimes more when using the basic Lasso Tool.
I'm using Photoshop CC, and it's completely up to date. I'm on Windows 8.1. I'm a freelance illustrator and use the lasso tool when doing all of my artwork. It crashes on any image I'm working, smaller stuff to larger files, from small amount of layers to over 200. I'll use the lasso, typically holding alt to use the polygonal option and I'll notice when clicking to close my shape, photoshop will completely stop working. I'll have to open the task manager and completely end the program. Crashes across the board from CMYK to RGB, in 8 bits.
Looking for some help / ideas. Please let me know if you need any other info, thanks.
Kevin

Hi Chris,
I've updated the system driver on the wacom, which was released in March. I also tried the mouse and also seems to be up to date. Here's a shot of the task manager when freezes. Does that help at all?
I've just had a freeze 2 minutes ago. I've been waiting for it to happen, hoping the wacom driver might change. Apparently not.

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