What is CVE-2019-5693?

CVE-2019-5693 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under Access of Uninitialized Pointer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-11-09.

How severe is CVE-2019-5693?

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

Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows

CVE-2019-5693

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) in which the program accesses or uses a pointer that has not been initialized, which may lead to denial of service.

Published 2019-11-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (17.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 18th percentile — 17.8% 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 GPU Display Driver — versions All

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-824 — Access of Uninitialized Pointer

References

nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4907 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5693?: CVE-2019-5693 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under Access of Uninitialized Pointer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-11-09.
How severe is CVE-2019-5693?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.