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CVE-2018-19321 · EUVD no mirror located · GCVE no mirror located Verified 2026-06-22

GIGABYTE Multiple Products vulnerability

GIGABYTE drivers GPCIDrv and GDrv in App Center, AORUS Graphics Engine, XTREME Gaming Engine, and OC GURU II allow arbitrary physical memory read/write, enabling local privilege escalation.

Verdict

Today item, not a backlog item.

A local attacker can exploit exposed driver functionality to read and write arbitrary physical memory, bypassing access controls and escalating privileges on affected systems.

CISA KEV Yes · 2022-10-243Ransomware use Flagged3EPSS 0.03671 (verify live)4Exploit Public PoC5
01

Is it exploitable?

— the evidence, ranked above the score
Exploit available
Public proof-of-concept exploit code is cataloged for this vulnerability.We link the existence of the exploit; we do not host or redistribute payloads.
Reported exploitation
3 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-10-24), flagged for known ransomware use.
CISA KEV ↗Confirmed
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.03671 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: GIGABYTE, Multiple Products. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
NVD ↗Reported
02

Who’s exploiting it?

— attribution turns risk into urgency
Attribution not established

No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.

03

Why it matters

— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board
1

Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1

Attacker
I gain local code execution on a target system running vulnerable GIGABYTE software.
Business
An insider or compromised user account becomes a foothold for further attack.
2

Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2

Attacker
I invoke the vulnerable driver to read and write arbitrary physical memory regions.
Business
Security boundaries enforced by the operating system are circumvented.
3

Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3

Attacker
I modify kernel memory or security structures to escalate my privileges to system level.
Business
The attacker gains unrestricted control over the affected machine.
4

Data at risk — exfiltration narrative 4

Attacker
I establish persistence and deploy malware, ransomware, or lateral movement tools.
Business
The organization faces data theft, encryption attacks, or network compromise.
04

What to do

— defensible action
  • Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
05

Coverage & confidence

— what we know, and what we don’t

Established (cited)

  • KEV listing (CISA)
  • Ransomware-use flag (CISA)
  • EPSS probability (FIRST)
  • Public PoC available (VulnCheck)
  • 3 reported-exploitation source(s)
  • Public exploit availability
  • Catalogued by mitre (CNA)
  • Coverage gaps — stated, not hidden

  • No EUVD / GCVE mirror in feed — single-authority dependency for the identifier.
  • EPSS & exposure are time-varying; verify live at the source.
  • Threat-actor attribution not established from feed data — absence of a name is not absence of compromise.
  • No finder/reporter credit recorded in the public CVE entry — the work behind this find is unattributed.
  • Disclosure & credit2
    Catalogued by mitreCNA
    Credited with finding itNo finder named in the public CVE record — the work behind this find is unattributed.