CVE-2016-4961 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, specifically within the NVIDIA Windows graphics drivers. It stems from improper sanitization of parameters in the NVStreamKMS.sys API layer, leading to a blue screen crash. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability requires local access and low privileges to exploit, resulting in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= -CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:geforce_experience:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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