CVE-2020-5971 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the vGPU plugin of NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager, affecting versions 8.x (prior to 8.4), 9.x (prior to 9.4), and 10.x (prior to 10.3). This flaw, rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), could lead to code execution, denial of service, privilege escalation, or information disclosure. The attack requires local access and low privileges, but its complexity is low. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 8.0, <= 8.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:virtual_gpu_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.0, <= 9.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:virtual_gpu_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 10.0, <= 10.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:virtual_gpu_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.