Is CVE-2020-5962 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-5962 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-5962?

CVE-2020-5962 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-5962?

CVE-2020-5962 has an EPSS score of 0.31% (23th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-5962?

Upgrade geforce firmware to 451.48 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-5962

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 corrupt a system file, which may lead to denial of service or escalation of privileges.

How to fix

Remediation Available

geforce firmwareNVD

Affected:>= 450, < 451.48Fixed in:451.48CVE-2020-5962derived from NVD

nvs firmwareNVD

Affected:>= 450, < 451.48Fixed in:451.48CVE-2020-5962derived from NVD

quadro firmwareNVD

Affected:>= 450, < 451.48Fixed in:451.48CVE-2020-5962derived from NVD

tesla firmwareNVD

Affected:>= 440, < 443.18Fixed in:443.18CVE-2020-5962derived 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 RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.31%probability of exploitation in 30 days

23rdpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 23% 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.