SB2019080644 - Out-of-bounds write in NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver

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SB2019080644 - Out-of-bounds write in NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver

Published: August 6, 2019 Updated: August 8, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019080644
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5685)

CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input in the "NVWGF2UMX_CFG.DLL" driver in "DCL_INDEXABLETEMP" function. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted shader file, trigger out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system or perform a denial of service attack.

This vulnerability can be triggered from VMware guest, affecting VMware host.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.

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