CVE-2016-4959 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4213 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93256 http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/vulnerability-management/warning-this-post-contains-graphic-nvidia-content/ https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/ps500070

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5