Findings

CVE-2018-19323

GIGABYTE Multiple Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Published Dec 21, 2018 · updated Oct 1, 2026 · gigabyte aorus graphics engine

The GPCIDrv and GDrv low-level drivers in GIGABYTE App Center, AORUS Graphics Engine, XTREME Gaming Engine, and OC GURU expose functionality to read and write arbitrary physical memory. This could be leveraged by a local attacker to elevate privileges.

Code

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Timeline

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  1. Dec 21, 2018 · Catalog

    Detected

    The GPCIDrv and GDrv low-level drivers in GIGABYTE App Center, AORUS Graphics Engine, XTREME Gaming Engine, and OC GURU expose functionality to read and write arbitrary physical memory. This could be leveraged by a local attacker to elevate privileges.

  2. Oct 24, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. Nov 14, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Oct 1, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    The GPCIDrv and GDrv low-level drivers in GIGABYTE App Center, AORUS Graphics Engine, XTREME Gaming Engine, and OC GURU expose functionality to read and write arbitrary physical memory. This could be leveraged by a local attacker to elevate privileges.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA due date Nov 14, 2022

Affected

  • cpe gigabyte/aorus graphics engineversion unspecified
  • cpe gigabyte/gigabyte app centerversion unspecified
  • cpe gigabyte/oc guru ii2.08
  • cpe gigabyte/xtreme gaming engineversion unspecified
  • vendor GIGABYTE Multiple Productsversion unspecified

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2018-19323

    The GPCIDrv and GDrv low-level drivers in GIGABYTE App Center, AORUS Graphics Engine, XTREME Gaming Engine, and OC GURU expose functionality to read and write arbitrary physical memory. This could be leveraged by a local attacker to elevate privileges.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2018-19323

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2018-19323

    30-day exploitation probability 8.4%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2018-19323

    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).

    nvd.nist.gov

References