CVE-2020-5972 Use after free in NVIDIA vGPU Software

High 7.1 Published 30 Jun 2020 Updated 4 Aug 2024

Local attackers can exploit uninitialized pointers in the vGPU plugin to cause denial of service or tamper with data.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2020-5972?

CVE-2020-5972 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in NVIDIA vGPU Software, published on 30 Jun 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager contains a vulnerability in the vGPU plugin, in which local pointer variables are not initialized and may be freed later, which may lead to tampering or denial of service. This affects vGPU version 8.x (prior to 8.4), version 9.x (prior to 9.4) and version 10.x (prior to 10.3).

Weakness: CWE-763

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-5972?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nvidia Virtual Gpu Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2020-5972?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5972 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2020-5972 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5972 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5xqj-jgxv-vm3x.