CVE-2019-5683
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.006 · 47 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver (all versions) contains a vulnerability in the user mode video driver trace logger component. When an attacker has access to the system and creates a hard link, the software does not check for hard link attacks. This behavior may lead to code execution, denial of service, or escalation of privileges.
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affected products (2)
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references (8)
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- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5683cnnvd
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4841cnnvd
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-28096cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-nvidia-windows-gpu-display-driver-has-resolved-several-security-vulnerabilities-as-described-below/cnnvd
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4841enisa_euvd
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-28096enisa_euvd
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4841Vendor Advisorynvd
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-28096Third Party Advisorynvd
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