CVE-2020-5962: NVIDIA Geforce Firmware

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• NVIDIA Geforce Firmware: from 450, before 451.48 (fixed in 451.48)
• NVIDIA Nvs Firmware: from 390, before 392.61 (fixed in 392.61); from 418, before 426.78 (fixed in 426.78); from 440, before 443.18 (fixed in 443.18); from 450, before 451.48 (fixed in 451.48)
• NVIDIA Quadro Firmware: from 390, before 392.61 (fixed in 392.61); from 418, before 426.78 (fixed in 426.78); from 440, before 443.18 (fixed in 443.18); from 450, before 451.48 (fixed in 451.48)
• NVIDIA Tesla Firmware: from 418, before 426.78 (fixed in 426.78); from 440, before 443.18 (fixed in 443.18)

Published 2020-06-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.