PT-2016-6191 · Nvidia · Nvidia Nvs+2

Published 2016-11-08 · Updated 2019-05-30 · CVE-2016-4959

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns a Remote Desktop denial of service that can be exploited to cause a kernel null pointer dereference, resulting in a blue screen crash on vulnerable systems.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-4959

Affected Products

Nvidia Geforce

Nvidia Nvs

Nvidia Quadro

References · 6

• http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4213 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4959 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4959 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93256 · Note
• http://tripwire.com/state-of-security/vulnerability-management/warning-this-post-contains-graphic-nvidia-content · Note
• https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/ps500070 · Note