VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-4960
For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, the NVIDIA NVStreamKMS.sys service component is improperly validating user-supplied data through its API entry points causing an elevation of privilege.
HIGH 7.3EPSS 0.34%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.34%). 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, the NVIDIA NVStreamKMS.sys service component is improperly validating user-supplied data through its API entry points causing an elevation of privilege.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.3 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.34% probability · 27th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- nvidia/geforce experience
- Source
- psirt@nvidia.com
References
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4213Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93251
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/ps500070
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4213Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93251
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/ps500070
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.