CVE-2016-4961

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-11-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

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.

Affected products

Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions): through -

References

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4213
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93251
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/ps500070
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4213
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93251
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/ps500070

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