CVE-2016-4961

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    CVE-2016-4961

    Published: 8 Nov 2016Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

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

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    Introduced- None
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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Low
    High
    Availability
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    High