CVE-2020-5982 - NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) scheduler, in which the software does not properly limit the number or frequency of interactions that it has with an actor, such as the number of incoming requests, which may lead to denial of service

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NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) scheduler, in which the software does not properly limit the number or frequency of interactions that it has with an actor, such as the number of incoming requests, which may lead to denial of service

Published Oct 2, 2020

4.4

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.28%

Description

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) scheduler, in which the software does not properly limit the number or frequency of interactions that it has with an actor, such as the number of incoming requests, which may lead to denial of service.

Affected products

Vendor NVIDIA Product NVIDIA GPU Display Driver Default
n/a
- Version
  All
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

NVIDIA

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
All	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits

References (2)

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-27136
Advisory
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5075
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-27136		Advisory
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5075		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory