CVE-2020-5982 Denial of service in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver

Medium 4.4 Published 2 Oct 2020 Updated 4 Aug 2024

An attacker can cause a denial of service in the NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver kernel mode layer by exceeding interaction limits.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2020-5982?

CVE-2020-5982 is a medium-severity denial of service 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 the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) scheduler, in which the software does not properly limit the number or frequency of interactions that it has with an actor, such as the number of incoming requests, which may lead to denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-770

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-5982?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nvidia Virtual Gpu Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2020-5982?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5982 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2020-5982 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5982 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-m7mw-25m2-h3x3.