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CVE-2019-5666

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-02-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-129

Description

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) create context command DDI DxgkDdiCreateContext in which the product uses untrusted input when calculating or using an array index, but the product does not validate or incorrectly validates the index to ensure the index references a valid position within the array, which may lead to denial of service or escalation of privileges.

Affected products

• Nvidia Corporation GPU Display Driver: all versions

References

• http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-26250
• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4772
• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4797
• http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-26250
• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4772
• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4797

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