CVE-2021-1081 is a critical vulnerability in NVIDIA vGPU software's guest kernel mode driver and Virtual GPU manager, affecting versions 12.x (prior to 12.2), 11.x (prior to 11.4), and 8.x (prior to 8.7) across various platforms including Citrix, Linux, Microsoft, Nutanix, NVIDIA, Red Hat, and VMware. The vulnerability stems from a lack of input length validation, potentially leading to information disclosure, data tampering, or denial of service. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it can be exploited locally with low attack complexity and privileges, resulting in high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability. 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, < 8.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:virtual_gpu_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.0, < 11.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:virtual_gpu_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.0, < 12.2CPE 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
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.