CVE-2016-4959

high

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.

References

Advisories
More

https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/ps500070

http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/vulnerability-management/warning-this-post-contains-graphic-nvidia-content/

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93256

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4213

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-11-08

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H