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CVE-2020-5973

Published: Jun 30, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-noinfo
NVD MITRE
4.4CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 68.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager and the guest drivers contain a vulnerability in vGPU plugin, in which there is the potential to execute privileged operations, which may lead to denial of service. This affects vGPU version 8.x (prior to 8.4), version 9.x (prior to 9.4) and version 10.x (prior to 10.3).

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:HUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

NVIDIA vGPU SoftwareNVIDIAHardware Firmware
virtual gpunvidiaHardware Firmware
ubuntu linuxcanonical
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
nvidiacommercialUSHardware Firmwareaka nvidia corporation
canonicalcommercialGBOperating Systemsaka canonical ltd.

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5031
nvidia.custhelp.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4404-2/
usn.ubuntu.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4404-1/
usn.ubuntu.com

Timeline

Published
Jun 30, 2020
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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