High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 23, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-5978
CVE-2020-5978
Description
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.
Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:geforce_experience:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:geforce_experience:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <3.20.5.70
- (no CPE)range: <3.20.5.70
- NVIDIA/NVIDIA GeForce Experience Softwarev5Range: All versions prior to 3.20.5.70
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5076nvdPatchVendor Advisory
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