CVE-2016-2557 describes a critical vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU graphics driver (R340 before 341.95 and R352 before 354.74) on Windows, specifically within the Kernel Mode Driver layer's Escape interface. This flaw allows local users to trigger uninitialized or out-of-bounds memory access through unspecified vectors. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.4, indicating a severe risk of sensitive information disclosure, denial of service (system crash), or potential privilege escalation. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
431.61CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver_r340:431.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
353.82CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver_r352:353.82:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.