CVE-2020-5982

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 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
Weakness: CWE-770

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

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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