What is CVE-2020-5981?

CVE-2020-5981 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Gpu Display Driver, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-10-02.

How severe is CVE-2020-5981?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Nvidia Gpu Display Driver

CVE-2020-5981

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the DirectX11 user mode driver (nvwgf2um/x.dll), in which a specially crafted shader can cause an out of bounds access, which may lead to denial of service or cod…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (27.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Nvidia Gpu Display Driver — versions All
Nvidia Virtual_gpu_manager

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

psirt@nvidia.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5981?: CVE-2020-5981 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Gpu Display Driver, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-10-02.
How severe is CVE-2020-5981?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.