CVE-2016-4959

moderate-risk
Published 2016-11-08

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.

Do I need to act?

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1.6% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Nvidia

References (8)

Patch http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4213
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93256
Third Party Advisory http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/vulnerability-management/warning-this-...
Third Party Advisory https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/ps500070
Patch http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4213
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93256
Third Party Advisory http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/vulnerability-management/warning-this-...
Third Party Advisory https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/ps500070
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 4/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal