VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-4961
For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, improper sanitization of parameters in the NVStreamKMS.sys API layer caused a denial of service vulnerability (blue screen crash) within the NVIDIA Windows graphics drivers.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.37%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.37%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, improper sanitization of parameters in the NVStreamKMS.sys API layer caused a denial of service vulnerability (blue screen crash) within the NVIDIA Windows graphics drivers.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.37% probability · 30th 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.