Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows
CVE-2016-2557
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.
EPSS: 0.004 (28.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows
- Nvidia Gpu_driver_r340 — versions 431.61
- Nvidia Gpu_driver_r352 — versions 353.82
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-2557?
- CVE-2016-2557 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2016-04-12.
- How severe is CVE-2016-2557?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.