VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-5981

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.36%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-10-02
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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 code execution.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-787

Primary references