CVE-2018-19321

GIGABYTE Multiple Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

  • High 7.8
  • Exploited: added to CISA KEV 24 Oct 2022
  • Used in ransomware campaigns

Description

The GPCIDrv and GDrv low-level drivers 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 expose functionality to read and write arbitrary physical memory. This could be leveraged by a local attacker to elevate privileges.

Key facts

Published
21 Dec 2018
Last changed
13 Aug 2026
Assigned by
mitre
KEV added
24 Oct 2022
KEV fix due
14 Nov 2022
Used in ransomware
Yes, according to CISA
EPSS
3.701% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 89.916% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA)
Exploitation: active; Automatable: no; Technical impact: total

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

  • 7.8CVSS 3.1, Highfrom CISA (ADP container)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What to do

  • Apply updates per vendor instructions.CISA KEV required action

Historical context and remediation

This reference retains the original CVE publication date. A recent record update does not mean a new attack occurred.

No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

Read the original CVE record.

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
n/an/a
  • n/a (affected)

Timeline

  1. 21 Dec 2018 Published
  2. 24 Oct 2022 CVE-2018-19321 added to CISA KEV
  3. 24 Oct 2022 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue

References