CVE-2019-5146 Denial of service in AMD
A crafted pixel shader in the AMD GPU driver causes an out-of-bounds read, leading to denial of service on the host system from a virtualized guest.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-5146?
CVE-2019-5146 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in AMD, published on 25 Jan 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An exploitable out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in AMD ATIDXX64.DLL driver, version 26.20.13025.10004. A specially crafted pixel shader can cause a denial of service. An attacker can provide a specially crafted shader file to trigger this vulnerability. This vulnerability can be triggered from VMware guest, affecting VMware host.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5146?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Amd Atidxx64.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5146?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5146 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2019-5146 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5146 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-cx63-3qq4-2hvv.