CVE-2020-5987 Race condition in NVIDIA vGPU Software

High 7.8 Published 2 Oct 2020 Updated 4 Aug 2024

Guest VMs can exploit a race condition in the vGPU plugin to pass invalid parameters, leading to privilege escalation or denial of service.

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-2020-5987?

CVE-2020-5987 is a high-severity 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 in which guest-supplied parameters remain writable by the guest after the plugin has validated them, which may lead to the guest being able to pass invalid parameters to plugin handlers, which may lead to denial of service or escalation of privileges. This affects vGPU version 8.x (prior to 8.5), version 10.x (prior to 10.4) and version 11.0.

Weakness: CWE-459

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-5987?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nvidia Virtual Gpu Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2020-5987?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5987 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-5987 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5987 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6xgm-jh2v-38xm.