High severity8.4NVD Advisory· Published Apr 12, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-2557
CVE-2016-2557
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.
Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver_r340:431.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver_r352:353.82:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
2- nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4060nvdVendor Advisory
- support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_5551nvdThird Party Advisory
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