GIGABYTE Multiple Products Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2018-19322)
Severity: high · Patch status: patched · Since 2022-10-24 · CVE-2018-19322
The GPCIDrv and GDrv low-level drivers in GIGABYTE App Center, AORUS Graphics Engine, XTREME Gaming Engine, and OC GURU II expose functionality to read/write data from/to IO ports. This could be leveraged in a number of ways to ultimately run code with elevated privileges. CISA added CVE-2018-19322 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Oct 24, 2022, which means attackers are exploiting it in the wild. CISA reports known use in ransomware campaigns.
What to do
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- US federal agencies must remediate by Nov 14, 2022 (BOD 22-01); treat that as the outer limit.
Sources
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