CVE-2018-19321

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-10-24. Federal remediation due 2022-11-14.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

3.67% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 88.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-13.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2018-12-21 23:00Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-13 03:55Z22 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2018-11-16

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.2

Document digest

91cf50a8dd154b12a2e0f151523d0c68775399028a8380794d4ac4613b645e30

• seclists.org20181221 [CORE-2018-0007] - GIGABYTE Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilitieshttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/39mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• www.secureauth.comhttps://www.secureauth.com/labs/advisories/gigabyte-drivers-elevation-privilege-vulnerabilitiesx_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com106252http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106252vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.gigabyte.comhttps://www.gigabyte.com/Support/Security/1801x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-19321government-resource