NVIDIA R495-Windows (NFB) End of Life Date
NVIDIA R495-Windows (NFB) end-of-life date, support status, and CVE risk. Data from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation.
NVIDIA r495-windows was released on October 12, 2021 and support ended on January 14, 2022 — a supported lifespan of 3 months, shorter than the 1 year median for NVIDIA releases. It was not an LTS release; NVIDIA reserves longer patch windows for its LTS versions. The last patch it will ever receive is 497.29, published December 20, 2021 — 25 days before support ended. It has been without security patches for 4 years and 7 months. 31 newer NVIDIA releases have shipped since.
| Version | Latest | EOL Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| R390-Linux LTS | 390.157 | Nov 22, 2022 | EOL |
| R390-Windows LTS | 392.68 | Oct 26, 2021 | EOL |
| R418-Linux LTS | 418.197.02 | Mar 1, 2022 | EOL |
| R418-Windows LTS | 427.45 | Mar 1, 2022 | EOL |
| R450-Linux LTS | 450.248.02 | Jul 1, 2023 | EOL |
| R450-Windows LTS | 454.23 | Jul 1, 2023 | EOL |
| R460-Windows (PB) | 463.15 | Jan 1, 2022 | EOL |
| R460-Linux (PB) | 460.106.00 | Jan 1, 2022 | EOL |
What does NVIDIA R495-Windows (NFB) end of life mean?
When NVIDIA R495-Windows (NFB) reaches end of life, the maintainers stop issuing security patches for this version. CVEs discovered after the EOL date are publicly disclosed on the National Vulnerability Database with no patch available. Exploit code frequently appears on GitHub within days of disclosure.
The CVE blind spot: Most vulnerability scanners check for known CVEs but do not flag the ongoing accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software versions. Running NVIDIA R495-Windows (NFB) past its EOL date creates a permanently growing attack surface that standard security tooling will not surface.
Migrate to NVIDIA R610-Windows (NFB) or implement compensating controls — network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, restricted access — while migration is underway.