What is CVE-2019-5696?

CVE-2019-5696 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Vgpu Display Driver, classified under Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-11-09.

How severe is CVE-2019-5696?

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

Vulnerability in NVIDIA Vgpu Display Driver

CVE-2019-5696

NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager, all versions, contains a vulnerability in which the provision of an incorrectly sized buffer by a guest VM leads to GPU out-of-bound access, which may lead to a 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 (21.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 21.6% 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

NVIDIA Vgpu Display Driver — versions All
NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-131 — Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5696?: CVE-2019-5696 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Vgpu Display Driver, classified under Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-11-09.
How severe is CVE-2019-5696?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.