CVE-2018-19323

9.8 CRITICAL CISA KEV - Actively Exploited
Published: December 21, 2018 Modified: November 07, 2025

Description

The GDrv low-level driver in GIGABYTE APP Center v1.05.21 and earlier, AORUS GRAPHICS ENGINE before 1.57, XTREME GAMING ENGINE before 1.26, and OC GURU II v2.08 exposes functionality to read and write Machine Specific Registers (MSRs).

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/39
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106252
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.gigabyte.com/Support/Security/1801
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/39
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106252
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.gigabyte.com/Support/Security/1801
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://www.gigabyte.com/tw/Support/Utility/Graphics-Card
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Product
https://www.secureauth.com/labs/advisories/gigabyte-drivers-elevation-privilege-vulnerabilities
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-19323
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
US Government Resource

11 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
19.3%
95th percentile
Exploitation Status
Actively Exploited
Remediation due: 2022-11-14

Affected Vendors

gigabyte