CVE-2020-5957

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-03-05 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the NVIDIA Control Panel component in which an attacker with local system access can corrupt a system file, which may lead to denial of service or escalation of privileges.

Affected products

Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions): from 440 before 442.50 — fixed in 442.50
NVIDIA Quadro Firmware: from 390 before 392.59; from 418 before 426.50; from 430 before 432.28; from 440 before 442.50 — fixed in 392.59, 426.50, 432.28, 442.50
NVIDIA Tesla Firmware: from 440 before 440.33.01 — fixed in 440.33.01

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions) 442.50; NVIDIA Quadro Firmware 392.59, 426.50, 432.28, 442.50; NVIDIA Tesla Firmware 440.33.01. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

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