NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiSetRootPageTable in w…

published 2019-02-27 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-15242

cvss: 7.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 38%
public exploits: 0; none known

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiSetRootPageTable in which the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, which may lead to code execution, denial of service or escalation of privileges.

Patch / fix

links 1

nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4772 advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Nvidia Corporation NVIDIA GPU Graphics Driver

Classification

Weakness

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

References

nvidia.custhelp.com /app/answers/detail/a_id/4772
patch, vendor-advisory
support.lenovo.com /us/en/solutions/LEN-26250

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-5667
NVD CVE-2019-5667

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