Vulnerability · Published Oct 2, 2020 · Assigned by nvidia

CVE-2020-5982

Medium 4.4

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver from NVIDIA. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)4.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 79.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
NVIDIA	NVIDIA GPU Display Driver	All

References

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5075 x_refsource_CONFIRM