CVE-2020-5965
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the DirectX 11 user...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-5965- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-5965- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-27119 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2020-27119- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cwqh-5rv3-xvcg No score
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the DirectX 11 user...
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.
- Record
GHSA-cwqh-5rv3-xvcg- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-5965 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Nvidia Gpu Display Driver, published June 25, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.35%, the 29th percentile. No source names a fixed version.