NVIDIA GeForce Experience up to 3.18 Web Helper input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in NVIDIA GeForce Experience up to 3.18. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Web Helper. The manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2019-5678. The attack must be carried out locally. In addition, an exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA GeForce Experience up to 3.18. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Web Helper. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

NVIDIA GeForce Experience versions prior to 3.19 contains a vulnerability in the Web Helper component, in which an attacker with local system access can craft input that may not be properly validated. Such an attack may lead to code execution, denial of service or information disclosure.

The weakness was presented 05/31/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared at nvidia.custhelp.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-5678 since 01/07/2019. An attack has to be approached locally. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 3.19 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (46972). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: GeForce Experience 3.19

Timelineinfo

01/07/2019 🔍
05/31/2019 +144 days 🔍
06/01/2019 +1 days 🔍
10/20/2025 +2333 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: nvidia.com

Advisory: nvidia.custhelp.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2019-5678 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-5678
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-135773
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 06/01/2019 08:10
Updated: 10/20/2025 03:27
Changes: 06/01/2019 08:10 (57), 06/17/2020 16:22 (1), 10/20/2025 03:27 (25)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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