CVE-2016-4959

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.5HIGH
EPSS
1.6%
top 18.37%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Nvidia GPU Driver
Timeline
PublishedNov 8
Latest updateMay 14

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:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDnvidia/gpu_driver340 — 341.96+3

Patches

Patch: nvidia.custhelp.com ↗Patch: nvidia.custhelp.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-hxf2-cmj9-xx5j: For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, there is a Remote Desktop denial of service↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2016-4959: For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, there is a Remote Desktop denial of service↗2016-11-08
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CVE-2016-4959 (HIGH CVSS 7.5) | For the NVIDIA Quadro | cvebase.io