CVE-2019-5677 Memory corruption in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver
A local attacker can cause a denial of service in NVIDIA GPU drivers via a kernel mode buffer over-read vulnerability.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-5677?
CVE-2019-5677 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Nvidia Gpu Driver, published on 10 May 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display driver software for Windows (all versions) contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DeviceIoControl where the software reads from a buffer using buffer access mechanisms such as indexes or pointers that reference memory locations after the targeted buffer, which may lead to denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5677?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Gpu Driver.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5677?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5677 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2019-5677 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5677 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Gpu Driver
Sources
Also known as GHSA-47pc-84xg-qf5p.