High severity · published Nov 8, 2016
CVE-2016-4959
For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, there is a Remote Desktop denial of service
7.5
CVSS
2.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, there is a Remote Desktop denial of service. A successful exploit of a vulnerable system will result in a kernel null pointer dereference, causing a blue screen crash.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.8% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GD
Gpu Driver · Nvidia
340 before 341.96; 352.0 before 354.99; 361 before 362.77; 367 before 368.39 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4959
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4959
Patch
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4213
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93256
Third Party Advisory
http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/vulnerability-management/warning-this-post-contains-graphic-nvidia-content/
Third Party Advisory
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/ps500070
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