CVE-2020-5981 — Out-of-bounds Write in Nvidia GPU Display Driver

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 82.35%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Nvidia GPU Display Driver
Timeline
PublishedOct 2
Latest updateMay 24

Description

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the DirectX11 user mode driver (nvwgf2um/x.dll), in which a specially crafted shader can cause an out of bounds access, which may lead to denial of service or code execution.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-97hx-wf9g-76mq: NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the DirectX11 user mode driver (nvwgf2um/x↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-5981: NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the DirectX11 user mode driver (nvwgf2um/x↗2020-10-02
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