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GHSA-HXF2-CMJ9-XX5J

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 00:59 – Updated: 2025-04-12 13:06

Details

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.

Severity ?

7.5 (High)


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

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CVE-2016-4959 (GCVE-0-2016-4959)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-11-08 20:37 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:46

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Denial of Service

Assigner

nvidia

References

URL

Tags

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	http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/vulnera…	x_refsource_MISC
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93256	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
	https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	Quadro, NVS, GeForce (all versions)	Affected: Quadro, NVS, GeForce (all versions)

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-HXF2-CMJ9-XX5J

CVE-2016-4959 (GCVE-0-2016-4959)

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