CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-5966

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Jun 25, 2020 | Modified: Apr 30, 2021
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape, in which a NULL pointer is dereferenced, leading to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Gpu_display_driver Nvidia 390 (including) 392.61 (excluding)
Gpu_display_driver Nvidia 418 (including) 426.78 (excluding)
Gpu_display_driver Nvidia 440 (including) 443.18 (excluding)
Gpu_display_driver Nvidia 450 (including) 451.48 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References