High severity7.2NVD Advisory· Published Mar 25, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-7245
CVE-2019-7245
Description
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.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:techpowerup:gpu-z:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:techpowerup:gpu-z:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <2.23.0
- (no CPE)range: <2.23.0
- TechPowerUp GPU-Z/GPU-Z.sysdescription
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References
1- github.com/fireeye/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/FEYE-2019-0002/FEYE-2019-0002.mdnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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