5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2016-4961
NVIDIA Graphics Drivers Unprivileged Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, improper sanitization of parameters in the NVStreamKMS.sys API layer caused a denial of service vulnerability (blue screen crash) within the NVIDIA Windows graphics drivers.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 8, 2016, 8:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:53 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-4961 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Nvidia geforce_experience
2 Nvidia geforce_gt_710
3 Nvidia geforce_gt_730
4 Nvidia geforce_gtx_1050
5 Nvidia geforce_gtx_1060
6 Nvidia geforce_gtx_1070
7 Nvidia geforce_gtx_1080
8 Nvidia quadro_m1000m
9 Nvidia quadro_m2000
10 Nvidia quadro_m2000m
11 Nvidia quadro_m3000m
12 Nvidia quadro_m4000
13 Nvidia quadro_m4000m
14 Nvidia quadro_m5000
15 Nvidia quadro_m5000m
16 Nvidia quadro_m500m
17 Nvidia quadro_m5500
18 Nvidia quadro_m6000
19 Nvidia quadro_m600m
20 Nvidia quadro_p5000
21 Nvidia quadro_p6000
22 Nvidia titan_x
23 Nvidia geforce_910m
24 Nvidia geforce_920m
25 Nvidia geforce_920mx
26 Nvidia geforce_930m
27 Nvidia geforce_930mx
28 Nvidia geforce_940m
29 Nvidia geforce_940mx
30 Nvidia geforce_945m
31 Nvidia geforce_gtx_950m
32 Nvidia geforce_gtx_960m
33 Nvidia geforce_gtx_965m
34 Nvidia nvs_310
35 Nvidia nvs_315
36 Nvidia nvs_510
37 Nvidia nvs_810
38 Nvidia quadro_k1200
39 Nvidia quadro_k420
40 Nvidia quadro_k620
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-4961 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4213
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93251
    Added Reference https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/ps500070
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 15, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/ps500070 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93251 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 14, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 11, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, GeForce products, improper sanitization of parameters in the NVStreamKMS.sys API layer caused a denial of service vulnerability (blue screen crash) within the NVIDIA Windows graphics drivers. For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, improper sanitization of parameters in the NVStreamKMS.sys API layer caused a denial of service vulnerability (blue screen crash) within the NVIDIA Windows graphics drivers.
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 10, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:geforce_experience:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) OR cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:nvs_810:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:nvs_510:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:nvs_315:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:nvs_310:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:titan_x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_1080:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_1070:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_1060:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_1050:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_965m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_960m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_950m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_945m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_940mx:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_940m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_930mx:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_930m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_920mx:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_920m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_910m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gt_730:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gt_710:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m5500:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m5000m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m4000m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m3000m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m2000m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m1000m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m600m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m500m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_p6000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m6000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_p5000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m5000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m4000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m2000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_k1200:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_k620:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_k420:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4213 No Types Assigned http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4213 Vendor Advisory, Patch
    Added CWE CWE-20
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 10, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR Configuration 1 AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:geforce_experience:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) OR cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:nvs_810:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:nvs_510:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:nvs_315:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:nvs_310:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:titan_x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_1080:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_1070:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_1060:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_1050:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_965m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_960m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_950m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_945m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_940mx:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_940m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_930mx:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_930m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_920mx:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_920m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_910m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gt_730:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gt_710:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m5500:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m5000m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m4000m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m3000m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m2000m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m1000m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m600m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m500m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_p6000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m6000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_p5000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m5000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m4000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m2000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_k1200:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_k620:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_k420:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4213 No Types Assigned http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4213 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-20
  • CVE Translated by [email protected]

    Nov. 09, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-4961 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-4961 weaknesses.

CAPEC-3: Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters CAPEC-7: Blind SQL Injection Blind SQL Injection CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-13: Subverting Environment Variable Values Subverting Environment Variable Values CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-22: Exploiting Trust in Client Exploiting Trust in Client CAPEC-23: File Content Injection File Content Injection CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-28: Fuzzing Fuzzing CAPEC-31: Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-43: Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-52: Embedding NULL Bytes Embedding NULL Bytes CAPEC-53: Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash CAPEC-63: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) CAPEC-64: Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog() CAPEC-71: Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-72: URL Encoding URL Encoding CAPEC-73: User-Controlled Filename User-Controlled Filename CAPEC-78: Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-79: Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-80: Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-81: Web Server Logs Tampering Web Server Logs Tampering CAPEC-83: XPath Injection XPath Injection CAPEC-85: AJAX Footprinting AJAX Footprinting CAPEC-88: OS Command Injection OS Command Injection CAPEC-101: Server Side Include (SSI) Injection Server Side Include (SSI) Injection CAPEC-104: Cross Zone Scripting Cross Zone Scripting CAPEC-108: Command Line Execution through SQL Injection Command Line Execution through SQL Injection CAPEC-109: Object Relational Mapping Injection Object Relational Mapping Injection CAPEC-110: SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering CAPEC-120: Double Encoding Double Encoding CAPEC-135: Format String Injection Format String Injection CAPEC-136: LDAP Injection LDAP Injection CAPEC-153: Input Data Manipulation Input Data Manipulation CAPEC-182: Flash Injection Flash Injection CAPEC-209: XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch CAPEC-230: Serialized Data with Nested Payloads Serialized Data with Nested Payloads CAPEC-231: Oversized Serialized Data Payloads Oversized Serialized Data Payloads CAPEC-250: XML Injection XML Injection CAPEC-261: Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data CAPEC-267: Leverage Alternate Encoding Leverage Alternate Encoding CAPEC-473: Signature Spoof Signature Spoof CAPEC-588: DOM-Based XSS DOM-Based XSS CAPEC-664: Server Side Request Forgery Server Side Request Forgery
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.05 }} 0.00%

score

0.18735

percentile

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