PT-2016-5204
CVE-2016-2557
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Published
2016-04-12
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Updated
2021-09-09
Description by
CVSS 3.1
8.4
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
NVIDIA GPU graphics driver R340 versions prior to 341.95
NVIDIA GPU graphics driver R352 versions prior to 354.74
Description
The issue allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, cause a denial of service, or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors. This is triggered by uninitialized or out-of-bounds memory access in the Escape interface in the Kernel Mode Driver layer.
Recommendations
For NVIDIA GPU graphics driver R340 versions prior to 341.95, update to version 341.95 or later.
For NVIDIA GPU graphics driver R352 versions prior to 354.74, update to version 354.74 or later.
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