Out-of-bounds write in NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver - CVE-2019-5685
Published: August 8, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19990
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5685
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: nVidia
Affected software:
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-5685
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.