CVE-2019-5695 — NVIDIA GeForce Experience (prior to 3

NVIDIA GeForce Experience (prior to 3.20.1) and Windows GPU Display Driver (all versions) contains a vulnerability in the local service provider component in which an attacker with local system and privileged access can incorrectly load Windows system DLLs without validating the

01What is this vulnerability?

NVIDIA GeForce Experience (prior to 3.20.1) and Windows GPU Display Driver (all versions) contains a vulnerability in the local service provider component in which an attacker with local system and privileged access can incorrectly load Windows system DLLs without validating the path or signature (also known as a binary planting or DLL preloading attack), which may lead to denial of service or…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
NVIDIA	NVIDIA GeForce Experience	prior to 3.20.1
NVIDIA	NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver	all versions

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-11-12T20:14:54.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T20:01:52.051Z

09References

• nvidia.custhelp.com — https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4907
• nvidia.custhelp.com — https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4860
• safebreach.com — https://safebreach.com/Post/NVIDIA-GPU-Display-Drivers-for-Windows-and-GFE-Softw…