CVE-2016-2557

CWE-2643 documents3 sources
Severity
8.4HIGH
EPSS
0.0%
top 88.28%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Nvidia GPU Driver R340Nvidia GPU Driver R352
Timeline
PublishedApr 12
Latest updateMay 13

Description

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 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, cause a denial of service (crash), or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors, which trigger uninitialized or out-of-bounds memory access.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.5 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-97mv-xw8f-5x6v: The Escape interface in the Kernel Mode Driver layer in the NVIDIA GPU graphics driver R340 before 341↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2016-2557: The Escape interface in the Kernel Mode Driver layer in the NVIDIA GPU graphics driver R340 before 341↗2016-04-12
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CVE-2016-2557 (HIGH CVSS 8.4) | The Escape interface in the Kernel | cvebase.io