CVE-2019-5688 — NVIDIA NVFlash, NVUFlash Tool prior to v5.588.0 and GPUModeSwitch Tool prior to 2019-11, NVIDIA kernel mode driver (nvflash.sys, nvflsh32.sys, and nvflsh64.sys) contains a vulnerability in which authenticated users with administrative privileges can gain access to device memory and registers of other devices not managed by NVIDIA, which may lead to escalation of privileges, information disclosure, or denial of service

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NVIDIA NVFlash, NVUFlash Tool prior to v5.588.0 and GPUModeSwitch Tool prior to 2019-11, NVIDIA kernel mode driver (nvflash.sys, nvflsh32.sys, and nvflsh64.sys) contains a vulnerability in which authenticated users with administrative privileges can gain access to device memory and registers of other devices not managed by NVIDIA, which may lead to escalation of privileges, information disclosure, or denial of service

Published Nov 18, 2019

6.7

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.38%

Description

NVIDIA NVFlash, NVUFlash Tool prior to v5.588.0 and GPUModeSwitch Tool prior to 2019-11, NVIDIA kernel mode driver (nvflash.sys, nvflsh32.sys, and nvflsh64.sys) contains a vulnerability in which authenticated users with administrative privileges can gain access to device memory and registers of other devices not managed by NVIDIA, which may lead to escalation of privileges, information disclosure, or denial of service.

Affected products

Vendor NVIDIA Product NVIDIA NVFlash, NVUFlash, GPUModeSwitch Tool Default
n/a
- Version
  GPUModeSwitch prior to 2019-11
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  NVFlash
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  NVUFlash prior to v5.588.0
  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

NVIDIA NVFlash, NVUFlash, GPUModeSwitch Tool

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
GPUModeSwitch prior to 2019-11	affected	-
NVFlash	affected	-
NVUFlash prior to v5.588.0	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.38% 0.00381

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00381

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 2, 2026	0.38% (0.00381)	29.73th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.37% (0.00367)	28.25th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.04% (0.00040)	9.19th	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	1.65% (0.01653)	53.00th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	21.08% (0.21078)	94.43th	v1
Jan 6, 2022	21.08% (0.21078)	94.37th	v1
Sep 1, 2021	5.62% (0.05618)	88.96th	v1
Apr 14, 2021	5.62% (0.05618)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (1)

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4928
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Link	Providers	Tags
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4928		x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner nvidia

Published Nov 18, 2019

Updated Aug 4, 2024

Reserved Jan 7, 2019

Link CVE-2019-5688

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2019-5688

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2019-5688