CVE-2020-5965 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting all versions of the NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver, specifically within the DirectX 11 user mode driver. A specially crafted shader can trigger an out-of-bounds memory access, leading to system instability or crashes on affected NVIDIA GeForce, NVS, Quadro, and Tesla products. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring local user privileges, and resulting in high availability impact (denial of service). There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or Metasploit modules are available. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low level of public awareness or interest.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 390, < 392.61CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:quadro_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 418, < 426.78CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:quadro_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 440, < 443.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:quadro_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 450, < 451.48CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:quadro_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 418, < 426.78CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:tesla_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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