Is CVE-2020-5958 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-5958 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-5958?

CVE-2020-5958 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-5958?

CVE-2020-5958 has an EPSS score of 0.37% (29th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-5958?

Upgrade geforce experience to 442.50 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-5958

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

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 plant a malicious DLL file, which may lead to code execution, denial of service, or information disclosure.

How to fix

Remediation Available

geforce experienceNVD

Affected:>= 440, < 442.50Fixed in:442.50CVE-2020-5958derived from NVD

quadro firmwareNVD

Affected:>= 440, < 442.50Fixed in:442.50CVE-2020-5958derived from NVD

tesla firmwareNVD

Affected:>= 440, < 440.33.01Fixed in:440.33.01CVE-2020-5958derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.37%probability of exploitation in 30 days

29thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 29% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

nvidia.custhelp.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.