VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-4959
For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, there is a Remote Desktop denial of service.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.84%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.84%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.84% probability · 86th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- nvidia/gpu driver
- Source
- psirt@nvidia.com
References
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4213Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93256Third 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/ps500070Third Party Advisory
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4213Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93256Third 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/ps500070Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.