NVIDIA Linux GPU Display Driver, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the UVM driver, in which a race condition may lead to a denial o…

published 2020-06-25 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-27121

cvss: 4.7; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 19%
public exploits: 0; none known

NVIDIA Linux GPU Display Driver, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the UVM driver, in which a race condition may lead to a denial of service.

Patch / fix

fixed in 4 distros 2

nvidia quadro_firmware 390.138, 440.100, 450.51
nvidia tesla_firmware 418.152.00, 440.95.01, 450.51.05
nvidia geforce_firmware 390.138, 440.100, 450.51
nvidia nvs_firmware 390.138, 440.100, 450.51

debian ubuntu

nvidia-graphics-drivers Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 440.100-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-5967

nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 390.138-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 390.138-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-440 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 440.100-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
nvidia-graphics-drivers-440 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 440.100-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-5967

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Exploit prediction

0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	4.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	1.9	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

NVIDIA NVIDIA GPU Display Driver

Classification

Weakness

CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

References

usn.ubuntu.com /4404-2/
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
usn.ubuntu.com /4404-1/
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
nvidia.custhelp.com /app/answers/detail/a_id/5031
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-5967
NVD CVE-2020-5967

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Summary