CVE-2020-5987 is a vulnerability in NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager's vGPU plugin, affecting versions 8.x (prior to 8.5), 10.x (prior to 10.4), and 11.0. The flaw allows guest-supplied parameters, validated by the plugin, to remain writable by the guest, potentially leading to invalid parameter passing. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, potentially resulting in denial of service or escalation of privileges. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 8.0, < 8.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:virtual_gpu_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 10.0, < 10.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:virtual_gpu_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:virtual_gpu_manager:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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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.