Vulnerability · Published Oct 2, 2020 · Assigned by nvidia
CVE-2020-5987
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in NVIDIA vGPU Software from NVIDIA. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 25% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 74.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager contains a vulnerability in the vGPU plugin in which guest-supplied parameters remain writable by the guest after the plugin has validated them, which may lead to the guest being able to pass invalid parameters to plugin handlers, which may lead to denial of service or escalation of privileges. This affects vGPU version 8.x (prior to 8.5), version 10.x (prior to 10.4) and version 11.0.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA | NVIDIA vGPU Software | vGPU version 8.x (prior to 8.5), version 10.x (prior to 10.4) and version 11.0. |
References
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5075 x_refsource_CONFIRM