What is CVE-2020-5960?

CVE-2020-5960 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-03-12.

How severe is CVE-2020-5960?

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

NULL pointer dereference in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver

CVE-2020-5960

NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager contains a vulnerability in the kernel module (nvidia.ko), where a null pointer dereference may occur, which may lead to denial of service.

EPSS: 0.003 (22.5th 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-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

psirt@nvidia.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5960?: CVE-2020-5960 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-03-12.
How severe is CVE-2020-5960?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.