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CVE-2019-7245

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-03-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-665

Description

An issue was discovered in GPU-Z.sys in TechPowerUp GPU-Z before 2.23.0. The vulnerable driver exposes a wrmsr instruction via an IOCTL and does not properly filter the Model Specific Register (MSR). Allowing arbitrary MSR writes can lead to Ring-0 code execution and escalation of privileges.

Affected products

• TechPowerUp GPU-Z: before 2.23.0 — fixed in 2.23.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: TechPowerUp GPU-Z 2.23.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/fireeye/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/FEYE-2019-0002/FEYE-2019-0002.md
• https://github.com/fireeye/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/FEYE-2019-0002/FEYE-2019-0002.md

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