High severity · published Oct 2, 2020
CVE-2020-5987
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…
7.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 25% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VG
Virtual Gpu Manager · Nvidia
8.0 before 8.5; 10.0 before 10.4; 11.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5987
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5987
Vendor Advisory
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5075
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