CVE-2019-5695 Other in NVIDIA GeForce Experience

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Local attackers can exploit DLL preloading in NVIDIA GeForce Experience and GPU drivers to execute code, cause denial of service, or disclose information.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2019-5695?

CVE-2019-5695 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Gpu Driver, published on 12 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

NVIDIA GeForce Experience (prior to 3.20.1) and Windows GPU Display Driver (all versions) contains a vulnerability in the local service provider component in which an attacker with local system and privileged access can incorrectly load Windows system DLLs without validating the path or signature (also known as a binary planting or DLL preloading attack), which may lead to denial of service or information disclosure through code execution.

Weakness: CWE-427

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5695?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Nvidia Geforce Experience, Nvidia Gpu Driver.

How do I fix CVE-2019-5695?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5695 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-5695 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5695 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Nvidia Gpu Driver vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-q4h2-45g8-3929.

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