CVE-2020-5966

published 2020-06-25

CVE-2020-5966: NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape, in which a NULL…

Priority P4 34 high 7.8 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR L UI N S U C H I H A H

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape, in which a NULL pointer is dereferenced, leading to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.

Affected

5 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
nvidia	gpu_display_driver	>= 390 < 392.61	392.61
nvidia	gpu_display_driver	>= 418 < 426.78	426.78
nvidia	gpu_display_driver	>= 440 < 443.18	443.18
nvidia	gpu_display_driver	>= 450 < 451.48	451.48
nvidia	nvidia_gpu_display_driver	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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