CVE-2019-5696 Memory corruption in NVIDIA VGPU Display Driver

Medium 5.5 Published 9 Nov 2019 Updated 4 Aug 2024

A guest VM can cause a denial of service in NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager by providing an incorrectly sized buffer, leading to out-of-bound access.

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-2019-5696?

CVE-2019-5696 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in NVIDIA VGPU Display 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 Virtual GPU Manager, all versions, contains a vulnerability in which the provision of an incorrectly sized buffer by a guest VM leads to GPU out-of-bound access, which may lead to a denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-131

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5696?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nvidia Virtual Gpu Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2019-5696?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5696 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-2019-5696 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5696 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3jjr-hwqw-vffh.