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TI-2020-04893 Aliases CVE-2020-5978GHSA-c4v9-8xjg-8hcc

NVIDIA GeForce Experience, all versions prior to 3.20.5.70, contains a vulnerability in…

Priority LOW 34Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

NVIDIA GeForce Experience, all versions prior to 3.20.5.70, contains a vulnerability in its services in which a folder is created by nvcontainer.exe under normal user login with LOCAL_SYSTEM privileges which may lead to a denial of service or escalation of privileges.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00323 25th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software (NVIDIA): 3.20.5.70

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
NVIDIANVIDIA GeForce Experience Softwarebefore 3.20.5.703.20.5.70Patch availableCNA
  • NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software VendorNVIDIA Affected before 3.20.5.70 Fixed in 3.20.5.70 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:geforce_experience:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 3.20.5.70VulnerableNVIDIA
  • cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:geforce_experience:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.20.5.70 Vulnerable ·NVIDIA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software (NVIDIA) Fixed in 3.20.5.70

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-5978
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c4v9-8xjg-8hcc

References

Patch 1

  • TI-2017-10594 Heap-based buffer overflow in dnsmasq before 2.78 allows remote attackers to cause a… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2016-07254 Memory corruption in Quadro, NVS, and GeForce CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2021-00801 NVIDIA GeForce Experience, all versions prior to 3.23, contains a vulnerability in the… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
  • TI-2017-04084 NVIDIA GeForce Experience contains a vulnerability in NVIDIA Web Helper.exe, where… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2016-07269 Path traversal in NVIDIA GeForce Experience CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2021-05951 Incorrect authorization in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
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Sources

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