CVE-2016-5025

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.

Published: 2016-11-08 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-5025 is rated Low Risk (37.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.39%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-5025

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.05% 0.39% +0.33%
2 2023-03-07 0.89% 0.05% -0.84%
3 2022-02-04 — 0.89% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-5025

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.6 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 4.7 [email protected]
6.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 8.5 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-5025

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-5025

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nvidia gpu_driver >= 340, < 341.96 cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nvidia gpu_driver >= 352.0, < 354.99 cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nvidia gpu_driver >= 361, < 362.77 cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nvidia gpu_driver >= 367, < 368.39 cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-5025

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