CVE-2019-5690 Memory corruption in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver
An attacker can exploit a buffer size validation flaw in the NVIDIA GPU driver to cause denial of service or escalate privileges.
- 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-2019-5690?
CVE-2019-5690 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Nvidia Gpu Driver, 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 Windows GPU Display Driver, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape in which the size of an input buffer is not validated, which may lead to denial of service or escalation of privileges.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5690?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Gpu Driver.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5690?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5690 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-2019-5690 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5690 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Gpu Driver
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c7vc-25w6-f6j4.