CVE-2019-5689 Path traversal in NVIDIA GeForce Experience
Local attackers can craft input to download malicious files, potentially leading to code execution, denial of service, or information disclosure.
- 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-2019-5689?
CVE-2019-5689 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in NVIDIA GeForce Experience, published on 9 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NVIDIA GeForce Experience, all versions prior to 3.20.1, contains a vulnerability in the Downloader component in which a user with local system access can craft input that may allow malicious files to be downloaded and saved. This behavior may lead to code execution, denial of service, or information disclosure.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5689?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Geforce Experience.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5689?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5689 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2019-5689 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5689 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in NVIDIA GeForce Experience
- CVE-2017-6250 Code injection in GeForce Experience
- CVE-2016-8812 Memory corruption in Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions)
- CVE-2021-1073 Information disclosure in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software
- CVE-2022-42291 Path traversal in GeForce Experience
- CVE-2021-23175 Missing authorization in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3vg8-4x3f-932j.