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CVE-2020-5987 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5075	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5075	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-459	Incomplete Cleanup	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
nvidia virtual gpu manager	>= 8.0, < 8.5 >= 10.0, < 10.4 11.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:virtual_gpu_manager:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:virtual_gpu_manager:11.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 13, 2020	Initial Analysis	[email protected]