CVE-2016-2558 Memory corruption in n/a
Local attackers can exploit memory corruption in the NVIDIA GPU driver to gain privileges, cause crashes, or read sensitive information.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-2558?
CVE-2016-2558 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Apr 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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, cause a denial of service (crash), or gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to an untrusted pointer, which trigger uninitialized or out-of-bounds memory access.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2558?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Nvidia Gpu Driver R340, Nvidia Gpu Driver R352.
How do I fix CVE-2016-2558?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-2558 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2016-2558 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2558 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3v54-844g-9c2g.