Vulnerability in Techpowerup Gpu-Z
CVE-2019-7245
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.
Vulnerability class: Dirty Pipe (CVE-2022-0847)
EPSS: 0.024 (82.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Techpowerup Gpu-z
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-7245?
- CVE-2019-7245 is a high-severity vulnerability in Techpowerup Gpu-Z, classified under Improper Initialization. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2020-03-25.
- How severe is CVE-2019-7245?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.