VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2016-4961
CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.37%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-11-08
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
Primary references
- psirt@nvidia.com — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- psirt@nvidia.com
- psirt@nvidia.com
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108