CVE-2016-5025 Denial of service in Quadro, NVS, GeForce (all versions)
Improper parameter sanitization in NVIDIA graphics drivers allows attackers to cause a system crash via the NVAPI support layer.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-5025?
CVE-2016-5025 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Nvidia Gpu Driver, published on 8 Nov 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, improper sanitization of parameters in the NVAPI support layer causes a denial of service vulnerability (blue screen crash) within the NVIDIA Windows graphics drivers.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5025?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Gpu Driver.
How do I fix CVE-2016-5025?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-5025 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-5025 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5025 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Gpu Driver
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v6pv-cmg8-x43p.