What is CVE-2020-5965?

CVE-2020-5965 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Geforce, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-06-25.

How severe is CVE-2020-5965?

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

Out-of-bounds Read in Nvidia Geforce

CVE-2020-5965

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the DirectX 11 user mode driver (nvwgf2um/x.dll), in which a specially crafted shader can cause an out of bounds access, leading to denial of service.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (25.6th 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 Geforce
Nvidia Geforce_firmware
Nvidia Gpu Display Driver — versions All
Nvidia Nvs
Nvidia Nvs_firmware
Nvidia Quadro
Nvidia Quadro_firmware
Nvidia Tesla
Nvidia Tesla_firmware

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

psirt@nvidia.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5965?: CVE-2020-5965 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Geforce, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-06-25.
How severe is CVE-2020-5965?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.