Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-2558 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Nvidia GPU Driver R340 and GPU Driver R352
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH 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 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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 1 | |
| Application | 2 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Nessus
| NASL family | Windows |
| NASL id | NVIDIA_WIN_CVE_2016_2556.NASL |
| description | The version of the NVIDIA graphics driver installed on the remote Windows host is 340.x prior to 341.95 or 352.x prior to 354.74. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A privilege escalation vulnerability exists due to a kernel driver escape. A local attacker can exploit this to gain unauthorized access to restricted functionality, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-2556) - An information disclosure vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read error. A local attacker can exploit this to read arbitrary information from memory. (CVE-2016-2557) - An unspecified untrusted pointer flaw exists that allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-2558) |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 90119 |
| published | 2016-03-23 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/90119 |
| title | NVIDIA Graphics Driver 340.x < 341.95 / 352.x < 354.74 Multiple Vulnerabilities |
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