What is CVE-2020-5959?

CVE-2020-5959 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver, classified under Improper Validation of Array Index. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-03-12.

How severe is CVE-2020-5959?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver

CVE-2020-5959

NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the vGPU plugin in which an input index value is incorrectly validated which may lead to denial of service.

EPSS: 0.003 (19.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Nvidia Gpu Display Driver — versions ALL
Nvidia Virtual_gpu_manager

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-129 — Improper Validation of Array Index

References

psirt@nvidia.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5959?: CVE-2020-5959 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver, classified under Improper Validation of Array Index. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-03-12.
How severe is CVE-2020-5959?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.