CVE-2019-5686 — NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver (all versions) contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape in which the software uses an API function or data structure in a way that relies on properties that are not always guaranteed to be valid, which may lead to denial of service

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NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver (all versions) contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape in which the software uses an API function or data structure in a way that relies on properties that are not always guaranteed to be valid, which may lead to denial of service

Published Aug 6, 2019

5.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.30%

Description

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver (all versions) contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape in which the software uses an API function or data structure in a way that relies on properties that are not always guaranteed to be valid, which may lead to denial of service.

Affected products

Vendor NVIDIA Product GPU Display Driver Default
n/a
- Version
  All
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

NVIDIA

GPU Display Driver

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
All	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.30% 0.00299

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00299

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (14 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.30% (0.00299)	20.40th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.30% (0.00299)	21.31th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.04% (0.00045)	11.12th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	14.58th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 25, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	12.27th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00044)	10.26th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.40% (0.01404)	49.02th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	28.66% (0.28663)	96.52th	v1
Jan 6, 2022	28.66% (0.28663)	96.48th	v1
Sep 1, 2021	8.22% (0.08219)	92.75th	v1
Apr 14, 2021	8.22% (0.08219)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4841
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-28096
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4841		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-28096		x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner nvidia

Published Aug 6, 2019

Updated Aug 4, 2024

Reserved Jan 7, 2019

Link CVE-2019-5686

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2019-5686

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2019-5686