NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver Kernel Mode Vulnerability: Unvalidated Array Index in DxgkDdiCreateContext Command

CVE-2019-5666 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

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