VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2016-4959
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.84%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-11-08
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
Primary references
- psirt@nvidia.com — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- psirt@nvidia.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- psirt@nvidia.com — Third Party Advisory
- psirt@nvidia.com — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory