CVE-2020-5983 Memory corruption in NVIDIA vGPU Software

High 7.1 Published 2 Oct 2020 Updated 4 Aug 2024

Out-of-bounds write in NVIDIA vGPU allows attackers to cause denial of service or disclose information.

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-2020-5983?

CVE-2020-5983 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in NVIDIA vGPU Software, published on 2 Oct 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 and the host driver kernel module, in which the potential exists to write to a memory location that is outside the intended boundary of the frame buffer memory allocated to guest operating systems, which may lead to denial of service or information disclosure. This affects vGPU version 8.x (prior to 8.5), version 10.x (prior to 10.4) and version 11.0.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-5983?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nvidia Virtual Gpu Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2020-5983?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5983 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2020-5983 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5983 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-cwm2-9q3f-5fch.