CVE-2020-14979: Evga Precision x1

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The WinRing0.sys and WinRing0x64.sys drivers 1.2.0 in EVGA Precision X1 through 1.0.6 allow local users, including low integrity processes, to read and write to arbitrary memory locations. This allows any user to gain NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM privileges by mapping \Device\PhysicalMemory into the calling process.

Affected products

• Evga Precision x1: up to and including 1.0.6
• WINRING0 Project WINRING0: version 1.2.0 only

Published 2020-08-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.