CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-4959
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-11-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
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.
Affected configurations
• nvidia gpu driver (>= 340 < 341.96)
• nvidia gpu driver (>= 352.0 < 354.99)
• nvidia gpu driver (>= 361 < 362.77)
• nvidia gpu driver (>= 367 < 368.39)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
References
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4213 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93256 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- 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 Third Party Advisory
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4213 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93256 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- 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 Third Party Advisory