CVE-2016-4959

CVSS V2 High 7.8 CVSS V3 High 7.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-4959
  • Assigner
  • psirt@nvidia.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-11-08T20:59:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-05-30T14:23:15
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-476 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 340 341.96
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 352.0 354.99
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 361 362.77
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 367 368.39
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_910m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_920m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_920mx:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_930m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_930mx:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_940m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_940mx:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_945m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gt_710:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gt_730:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_1050:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_1060:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_1070:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_1080:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_950m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_960m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_965m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:nvs_310:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:nvs_315:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:nvs_510:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:nvs_810:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_k1200:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_k420:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_k620:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m1000m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m2000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m2000m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m3000m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m4000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m4000m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m5000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m5000m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m500m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m5500:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m6000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m600m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_p5000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_p6000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:titan_x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4213 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93256 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/ps500070 Third Party Advisory
http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/vulnerability-management/warning-this-post-contains-graphic-nvidia-content/ Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4959
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4959
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:51:18 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 11:59:47 2016-11-08T20:59Z 2016-11-08T20:59:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 11:59:47 2019-05-30T14:23:15 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 11:59:47 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated