Vulnerability CVE-2016-4959 - CERT Civis.Net

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-4959 (CCN-117495)

Assigned:

2016-08-22

Published:

2016-08-22

Updated:

2019-05-30

Summary:

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.

CVSS v3 Severity:

7.5 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
6.5 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): High

7.5 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
6.5 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): High

CVSS v2 Severity:

7.8 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Complete

7.8 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Complete

Vulnerability Type:

Vulnerability Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-4959

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4213

Source: CCN
Type: NVIDIA Security Bulletin 4213
Multiple vulnerabilities affect Quadro, NVS, and GeForce Windows based systems

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
93256

Source: MISC
Type: Third Party Advisory
http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/vulnerability-management/warning-this-post-contains-graphic-nvidia-content/

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
nvidia-drivers-cve20164959-dos(117495)

Source: CCN
Type: Lenovo Security Advisory: LEN-9334
Denial of Service Vulnerabilities in NVidia Drivers that affect Quadro, NVS and GeForce Windows-based Systems

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/ps500070

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:nvidia:gpu_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 340 and < 341.96)

OR cpe:/a:nvidia:gpu_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 352.0 and < 354.99)

OR cpe:/a:nvidia:gpu_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 361 and < 362.77)

OR cpe:/a:nvidia:gpu_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 367 and < 368.39)

AND

cpe:/h:nvidia:geforce_910m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:geforce_920m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:geforce_920mx:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:geforce_930m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:geforce_930mx:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:geforce_940m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:geforce_940mx:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:geforce_945m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:geforce_gt_710:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:geforce_gt_730:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_1050:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_1060:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_1070:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_1080:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_950m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_960m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_965m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:nvs_310:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:nvs_315:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:nvs_510:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:nvs_810:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:quadro_k1200:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:quadro_k420:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:quadro_k620:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:quadro_m1000m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:quadro_m2000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:quadro_m2000m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:quadro_m3000m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:quadro_m4000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:quadro_m4000m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:quadro_m5000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:quadro_m5000m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:quadro_m500m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:quadro_m5500:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:quadro_m6000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:quadro_m600m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:quadro_p5000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:quadro_p6000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:nvidia:titan_x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable