CVE-2020-5965 Memory corruption in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver
A specially crafted shader in the NVIDIA Windows GPU driver causes an out-of-bounds access, leading to denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-5965?
CVE-2020-5965 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver, published on 25 Jun 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-5965?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Nvidia Geforce Firmware, Nvidia Nvs Firmware, Nvidia Quadro Firmware, Nvidia Tesla Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2020-5965?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5965 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2020-5965 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5965 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cwqh-5rv3-xvcg.