CVE-2020-5980 Path traversal in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver

High 7.8 Published 2 Oct 2020 Updated 4 Aug 2024

Insecure DLL loading in NVIDIA GPU drivers allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause 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-2020-5980?

CVE-2020-5980 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver, published on 2 Oct 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 multiple components in which a securely loaded system DLL will load its dependencies in an insecure fashion, which may lead to code execution or denial of service.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-5980?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nvidia Virtual Gpu Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2020-5980?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5980 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2020-5980 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5980 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-23pj-hm25-x8x2.