CVE-2016-4961

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Nvidia
Status
Quadro, Nvs, Geforce (all Versions)
Vendor
CVE Published:
8 November 2016

Summary

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.

Affected Version(s)

Quadro, NVS, GeForce (all ) Quadro, NVS, GeForce (all versions)

References

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4213
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https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/ps500070
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93251
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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