CVE-2020-5977 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting NVIDIA GeForce Experience versions prior to 3.20.5.70. It stems from an uncontrolled search path in the NVIDIA Web Helper NodeJS Web Server, allowing an attacker to load a malicious node module. This flaw can lead to code execution, denial of service, privilege escalation, and information disclosure, with a CVSS score of 7.8. While the attack requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), its impact is significant. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.20.5.70CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:geforce_experience:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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