Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 8, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-4961

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.

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4213nvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93251nvd
support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/ps500070nvd

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