CVE-2019-5668 - NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiSubmitCommandVirtual in which the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, which may lead to denial of service or escalation of privileges

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NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiSubmitCommandVirtual in which the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, which may lead to denial of service or escalation of privileges

Published Feb 27, 2019

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.38%

Description

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiSubmitCommandVirtual in which the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, which may lead to denial of service or escalation of privileges.

Affected products

Vendor Nvidia Corporation Product NVIDIA GPU Graphics Driver Default
unknown
Affected
- All

Default status is the baseline for the product. Each version can override it (patched versions can be marked unaffected).

Vendor	Product	Default status	Versions
Nvidia Corporation	NVIDIA GPU Graphics Driver	unknown	Affected All

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

References (3)

http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-26250
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2019-15243
Advisory
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4772
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-26250		x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2019-15243		Advisory
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4772		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

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Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner nvidia

Published Feb 27, 2019

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Jan 7, 2019

Link CVE-2019-5668

CISA Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2019-5668

Red Hat

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ENISA EUVD

Assigner nvidia

Published Feb 27, 2019

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Link EUVD-2019-15243

GitHub

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