CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-2556
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-04-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
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 improperly allows access to restricted functionality, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
Affected configurations
• nvidia gpu driver r340 (<= 431.61)
• nvidia gpu driver r352 (<= 353.82)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4059 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_5551 Third Party Advisory
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4059 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_5551 Third Party Advisory