Type Confusion in ATIDXX64.DLL - CVE-2019-5183
Published: January 22, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24482
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5183
CWE-ID: CWE-843
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: AMD
Affected software:
ATIDXX64.DLL
ATIDXX64.DLL
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error in the shader functionality. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted pixel shader, trigger a vtable type confusion error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
This vulnerability affects the following product:
AMD ATIDXX64.DLL (26.20.13031.10003, 26.20.13031.15006, 26.20.13031.18002) running on Radeon RX 550 / 550 Series VMware Workstation 15 (15.5.0 build-14665864) with Windows 10 x64 as guestVM
How to mitigate CVE-2019-5183
Vendor recommends to update on version 15.5.1 with 20.1.1 AMD drivers.