CVE-2016-4959
For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, there is a Remote Desktop denial of service. A...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-4959- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-4959- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-5933 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2016-5933- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hxf2-cmj9-xx5j
For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, there is a Remote Desktop denial of service. A...
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.
- Record
GHSA-hxf2-cmj9-xx5j- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-4959 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Nvidia Gpu Driver, published November 8, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.84%, the 86th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4213
tripwire.com/state-of-security/vulnerability-management/warning-this-post-contains-graphic-nvidia-content
securityfocus.com/bid/93256
support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/ps500070
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4959
github.com/advisories/GHSA-hxf2-cmj9-xx5j