CVE-2016-2556 (GCVE-0-2016-2556)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-04-12 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:32
VLAI
Summary
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 improperly allows access to restricted functionality, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-03-14 00:00
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