CVE DATABASE / CVE-2018-19321
CVE-2018-19321
GIGABYTE Multiple Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Confirmed exploited in the wild. Added 2022-10-24.
Federal remediation due 2022-11-14.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Summary
The GPCIDrv and GDrv low-level drivers 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 expose functionality to read and write arbitrary physical memory. This could be leveraged by a local attacker to elevate privileges.
CVSS 3.1 breakdown
| Base score | 7.8 (HIGH) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack vector | LOCAL |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | LOW |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity | HIGH |
| Availability | HIGH |
Affected products
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References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/39
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106252
- https://www.gigabyte.com/Support/Security/1801
- https://www.secureauth.com/labs/advisories/gigabyte-drivers-elevation-privilege-vulnerabilities
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-19321
Data: NIST NVD + CISA KEV. NVD last modified 2025-11-07. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.