What is CVE-2019-5671?

CVE-2019-5671 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-02-27.

How severe is CVE-2019-5671?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows

CVE-2019-5671

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape in which the software does not release a resource after its effective lifetime has ended, which may lead to denial of service.

Published 2019-02-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (20.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 20th percentile — 20.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Microsoft Windows
NVIDIA GPU Driver
NVIDIA Corporation GPU Graphics Driver — versions All

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4772 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-26250

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5671?: CVE-2019-5671 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-02-27.
How severe is CVE-2019-5671?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.