CVE-2016-2558

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 8.4
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, cause a denial of service (crash), or gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to an untrusted pointer, which trigger uninitialized or out-of-bounds memory access.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-2558
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-04-12T14:59:15
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-09-09T17:42:24
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver_r340:431.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver_r352:353.82:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.4
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.5
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4061 Vendor Advisory
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_5551 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2558
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2558
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:06:20 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 08:54:00 2016-04-12T14:59Z 2016-04-12T14:59:15 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 08:54:00 2021-09-09T17:42:24 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 08:54:00 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated