CVE-2016-2556

published 2016-04-12

CVE-2016-2556: The Escape interface in the Kernel Mode Driver layer in the NVIDIA GPU graphics driver R340 before 341.95 and R352 before 354.74 on Windows improperly allows…

Priority P3 37 high 7.8 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR L UI N S U C H I H A H

The Escape interface in the Kernel Mode Driver layer in the NVIDIA GPU graphics driver R340 before 341.95 and R352 before 354.74 on Windows improperly allows access to restricted functionality, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
nvidia	gpu_driver_r340	<= 431.61	—
nvidia	gpu_driver_r352	<= 353.82	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 7.2 HIGH AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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