CVE-2016-2557

HIGH

NVIDIA GPU Driver R340 < 341.95 and R352 < 354.74 - Uninitialized Memory Access in Escape Interface

Title source: llm

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.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4060

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_5551

Scores

CVSS v3 8.4

EPSS 0.0004

EPSS Percentile 11.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-264

Status published

Products (2)

nvidia/gpu_driver_r340 431.61

nvidia/gpu_driver_r352 353.82

Published Apr 12, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026