CVE-2016-4959

High

Published: 08/11/2016(UTC)Translated: 15/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Summary

For NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, there is a Remote Desktop denial of service vulnerability. A successful exploit will result in a kernel null pointer dereference, causing a blue screen crash.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may experience service outages, potentially leading to data loss and decreased operational efficiency.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update NVIDIA drivers to the latest version to mitigate the risk of this vulnerability.

Other vulnerabilities in NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products

CVE-2016-3161High
CVE-2016-3161 concerns a vulnerability in NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products related to unquoted service paths in Windows. Exploiting this vulnerability may allow malicious code to execute at the system or user privilege level.

Original NVD description (English source)

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.