CVE-2016-2558 is a critical vulnerability affecting the NVIDIA GPU graphics driver (R340 before 341.95 and R352 before 354.74) on Windows, specifically within the Kernel Mode Driver's Escape interface. This flaw allows local users to trigger uninitialized or out-of-bounds memory access through unspecified vectors related to an untrusted pointer. With a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.4 (HIGH), successful exploitation could lead to sensitive information disclosure, denial of service (system crash), or privilege escalation. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| 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
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.