CVE-2020-5979

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: 2020-10-02 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the NVIDIA Control Panel component in which a user is presented with a dialog box for input by a high-privilege process, which may lead to escalation of privileges.

Affected products

NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager: all versions

References

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

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