CVE-2020-5981

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-5981
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-10-02 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-10-09 18:06:00 UTC
DescriptionNVIDIA 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 code execution.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nvidia Virtual Gpu Manager All All All All
Application Nvidia Virtual Gpu Manager All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Bulletin: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver - September 2020 | NVIDIA CONFIRM nvidia.custhelp.com Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 375756 Lenovo NVIDIA GPU Display Driver Multiple Vulnerabilities (LEN-47663)

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