Details
This section summarizes the potential impact that this security update addresses. Descriptions use CWE™, and base scores and vectors use CVSS V3 standards.
CVEs for NVIDIA GPU Display Driver
| CVE | Description | Base Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVE‑2020‑5957 | NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver 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. | 8.4 | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H |
| CVE‑2020‑5958 | NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the NVIDIA Control Panel component in which an attacker with local system access can plant a malicious DLL file, which may lead to code execution, denial of service, or information disclosure. | 6.7 | AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
CVEs for NVIDIA vGPU Software
| CVE | Description | Base Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVE‑2020‑5959 | NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager contains a vulnerability in the vGPU plugin, in which an input index value is incorrectly validated, which may lead to denial of service. | 7.8 | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CVE‑2020‑5960 | NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager contains a vulnerability in the kernel module (nvidia.ko), where a null pointer dereference may occur, which may lead to denial of service. | 6.5 | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| CVE‑2020‑5961 | NVIDIA vGPU graphics driver for guest OS contains a vulnerability in which an incorrect resource clean up on a failure path can impact the guest VM, leading to denial of service. | 5.5 | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
The NVIDIA risk assessment is based on an average of risk across a diverse set of installed systems and may not represent the true risk to your local installation. NVIDIA recommends consulting a security or IT professional to evaluate the risk to your specific configuration.
Security Updates for NVIDIA GPU Display Driver
The following table lists the NVIDIA software products affected, versions affected, and the updated version available from nvidia.com that includes this security update. Download the updates from the NVIDIA Driver Downloads page.
Windows
| CVE | Software Product | Operating System | Affected Versions | Updated Versions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE‑2020‑5957 CVE‑2020‑5958 | GeForce | Windows | All R440 versions prior to 442.50 | 442.50 |
| Quadro, NVS | Windows | All R440 versions prior to 442.50 | 442.50 | |
| All R430 versions prior to 432.28 | 432.28 | |||
| All R418 versions prior to 426.50 | 426.50 | |||
| All R390 versions prior 392.59 | 392.59 | |||
| Tesla | Windows | All R440 versions prior to 442.50 | 442.50 | |
| All R418 versions prior to 426.50 | 426.50 |
Notes:
- Your computer hardware vendor may provide you with Windows GPU display driver versions including 442.05 and 436.73 which also contain the security updates.
- The table above may not be a comprehensive list of all affected supported versions or branch releases and may be updated as more information becomes available.
- Earlier software branch releases that support these products are also affected. If you are using an earlier branch release, upgrade to the latest branch release.
Security Updates for NVIDIA vGPU Software
The following table lists the NVIDIA software products affected, versions affected, and the updated version that includes this security update. Log in to the NVIDIA Enterprise Application Hub to download updates from the NVIDIA Licensing Center.
| CVEs Addressed | vGPU Software Component | Operating System | Affected Versions | Updated Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vGPU Software | Driver | vGPU Software | Driver | |||
| CVE‑2020‑5661 | vGPU graphics driver for guest OS | Windows | 10.1 | 442.06 | 10.2 | 443.05 |
| 10.0 | 441.66 | |||||
| 9.2 | 432.08 | 9.3 | 432.33 | |||
| 9.1 | 431.79 | |||||
| 9.0 | 412.02 | |||||
| 8.2 | 426.26 | 8.3 | 426.52 | |||
| 8.1 | 426.04 | |||||
| 8.0 | 425.26 | |||||
|
CVE‑2020‑5961 |
vGPU graphics driver for guest OS |
Linux |
10.1 | 440.56 | 10.2 | 440.87 |
| 10.0 | 440.43 | |||||
| 9.2 | 430.63 | 9.3 | 430.83 | |||
| 9.1 | 430.46 | |||||
| 9.0 | 430.30 | |||||
| 8.2 | 418.43 | 8.3 |
418.130 |
|||
| 8.1 | 418.92 | |||||
| 8.0 | 418.70 | |||||
| CVE‑2020‑5959 CVE‑2020‑5960 | Virtual GPU Manager |
Citrix Hypervisor, VMware vSphere, Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM, Nutanix AHV |
10.1 | 440.53 | 10.2 | 440.87 |
| 10.0 | 440.43 | |||||
| 9.2 | 430.67 | 9.3 | 430.83 | |||
| 9.1 | 430.46 | |||||
| 9.0 | 430.27 | |||||
| 8.2 | 418.109 | 8.3 |
418.130 |
|||
| 8.1 | 418.92 | |||||
| 8.0 | 418.66 | |||||
Notes:
- The table above may not be a comprehensive list of all affected supported versions or branch releases and may be updated as more information becomes available.
- Earlier software branch releases that support these products are also affected. If you are using an earlier branch release, upgrade to the latest branch release.
Mitigations
None. See Security Updates for NVIDIA GPU Display Driver or Security Updates for NVIDIA vGPU Software for the version to install.
Acknowledgements
CVE‑2020‑5957 - NVIDIA thanks Zhiniang Peng (@edwardzpeng) of Qihoo 360 Core Security and Xuefeng Li for reporting the issues.
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Revision History
| Revision | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | May 5, 2020 | Added information about driver updates for vGPU software 10.2 |
| 3.0 | March 10, 2020 | Added information about the Tesla R440 driver update and driver updates for vGPU software 9.3 |
| 2.0 | March 5, 2020 | Corrected an error in a CVE number in the table of security updates for NVIDIA vGPU software |
| 1.0 | February 28, 2020 | Initial release |
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