CVE-2020-5972 is a vulnerability in NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager's vGPU plugin, affecting versions 8.x (prior to 8.4), 9.x (prior to 9.4), and 10.x (prior to 10.3). It stems from uninitialized local pointer variables that can be freed, potentially leading to data tampering or denial of service. With a CVSS score of 7.1 (High), this vulnerability can be exploited locally with low attack complexity and no user interaction, resulting in high impact to integrity and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion.
| 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:N/I:H/A:H
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