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CVE-2018-19322: GIGABYTE Multiple Products Code Execution Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-10-24
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-12-21 · updated 2026-08-13
• Weakness: CWE-749

Description

The GPCIDrv and GDrv low-level drivers in GIGABYTE APP Center v1.05.21 and earlier, AORUS GRAPHICS ENGINE before 1.57, XTREME GAMING ENGINE before 1.26, and OC GURU II v2.08 expose functionality to read/write data from/to IO ports. This could be leveraged in a number of ways to ultimately run code with elevated privileges.

Affected products

• Gigabyte Aorus Graphics Engine: before 1.57 — fixed in 1.57
• Gigabyte App Center: through 1.05.21
• Gigabyte Oc Guru Ii: 2.08
• Gigabyte Xtreme Gaming Engine: before 1.26 — fixed in 1.26

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Gigabyte Aorus Graphics Engine 1.57; Gigabyte Xtreme Gaming Engine 1.26. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/39
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106252
• https://www.gigabyte.com/Support/Security/1801
• https://www.gigabyte.com/tw/Support/Utility/Graphics-Card
• https://www.secureauth.com/labs/advisories/gigabyte-drivers-elevation-privilege-vulnerabilities
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/39
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106252
• https://www.gigabyte.com/Support/Security/1801
• https://www.gigabyte.com/tw/Support/Utility/Graphics-Card
• https://www.secureauth.com/labs/advisories/gigabyte-drivers-elevation-privilege-vulnerabilities
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-19322

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