Medium severity · published Jun 30, 2020
CVE-2020-5973
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…
4.4
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 35% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
18.04; 19.10; 20.04 · source: NVD
VG
Virtual Gpu · Nvidia
8.0 through 8.3; 9.0 through 9.3; 10.0 through 10.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5973
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5973
Vendor Advisory
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5031
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4404-1/
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4404-2/
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