Is CVE-2020-5965 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-5965 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-5965?

CVE-2020-5965 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-5965?

CVE-2020-5965 has an EPSS score of 0.34% (26th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-5965?

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

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-5965

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the DirectX 11 user mode driver (nvwgf2um/x.dll), in which a specially crafted shader can cause an out of bounds access, leading to denial of service.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

geforce firmwareNVD

Affected:>= 450, < 451.48Fixed in:451.48CVE-2020-5965derived from NVD

nvs firmwareNVD

Affected:>= 450, < 451.48Fixed in:451.48CVE-2020-5965derived from NVD

quadro firmwareNVD

Affected:>= 450, < 451.48Fixed in:451.48CVE-2020-5965derived from NVD

tesla firmwareNVD

Affected:>= 450, < 451.48Fixed in:451.48CVE-2020-5965derived 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

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.34%probability of exploitation in 30 days

26thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 26% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

nvidia.custhelp.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-0160	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-5777	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-4034	High	7.8	95%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-21769	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-49285	High	8.6	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8794	Critical	9.8	89%	-	Fix

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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.