CVE-2019-5669

HIGH

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver - Denial of Service or Privilege Escalation via DxgkDdiEscape Handler

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler for DxgkDdiEscape in which the software uses a sequential operation to read from or write to a buffer, but it uses an incorrect length value that causes it to access memory that is outside of the bounds of the buffer, which may lead to denial of service or escalation of privileges.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4772
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-26250

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 12.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
nvidia/gpu_driver
Published Feb 27, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026