{"id":"CVE-2016-2558","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-2558","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:44:11.686Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2016-04-12T14:59:15.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:44:18.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.4,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["nvidia/gpu driver r340","nvidia/gpu driver r352"],"epss":{"score":0.0036,"percentile":0.2952,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.36%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4061","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_5551","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4061","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_5551","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2558","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}