TechPowerUp GPU-Z up to 2.22.x GPU-Z.sys initialization

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A vulnerability has been found in TechPowerUp GPU-Z up to 2.22.x and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function in the library GPU-Z.sys. The manipulation leads to initialization. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-7245. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in TechPowerUp GPU-Z up to 2.22.x and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part in the library GPU-Z.sys. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a initialization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-665. The product does not initialize or incorrectly initializes a resource, which might leave the resource in an unexpected state when it is accessed or used. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in GPU-Z.sys in TechPowerUp GPU-Z before 2.23.0. The vulnerable driver exposes a wrmsr instruction via an IOCTL and does not properly filter the Model Specific Register (MSR). Allowing arbitrary MSR writes can lead to Ring-0 code execution and escalation of privileges.

The weakness was disclosed 03/25/2020. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-7245 since 01/31/2019. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 2.23.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• TechPowerUp

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• GPU-Z

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11
• 2.12
• 2.13
• 2.14
• 2.15
• 2.16
• 2.17
• 2.18
• 2.19
• 2.20
• 2.21
• 2.22

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