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CVE-2016-2558

Publication date 12 April 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.4 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
nvidia-graphics-drivers 15.10 wily Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 15.10 wily Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
nvidia-graphics-drivers-173-updates 15.10 wily Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 15.10 wily
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates 15.10 wily
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
nvidia-graphics-drivers-310-updates 15.10 wily
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
nvidia-graphics-drivers-319 15.10 wily
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
nvidia-graphics-drivers-319-updates 15.10 wily
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 15.10 wily
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates 15.10 wily
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 15.10 wily
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates 15.10 wily
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
nvidia-graphics-drivers-346 15.10 wily Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
nvidia-graphics-drivers-346-updates 15.10 wily Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
nvidia-graphics-drivers-352 15.10 wily
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
nvidia-graphics-drivers-352-updates 15.10 wily
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
nvidia-graphics-drivers-361 15.10 wily Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
nvidia-graphics-drivers-361-updates 15.10 wily Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 15.10 wily Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
nvidia-graphics-drivers-96-updates 15.10 wily Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
nvidia-graphics-drivers-experimental-304 15.10 wily Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
nvidia-graphics-drivers-experimental-310 15.10 wily Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
nvidia-graphics-drivers-tegra 15.10 wily Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates 15.10 wily Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Notes

tyhicks

Only affects Windows

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.4 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H