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CVE-2020-5981

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-10-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

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.

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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