CVE-2020-5988 Use after free in NVIDIA vGPU Software

High 7.1 Published 2 Oct 2020 Updated 4 Aug 2024

A double-free vulnerability in NVIDIA vGPU Manager allows attackers to disclose information or cause 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-2020-5988?

CVE-2020-5988 is a high-severity use after free 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 allocated memory can be freed twice, which may lead to information disclosure or denial of service. This affects vGPU version 8.x (prior to 8.5), version 10.x (prior to 10.4) and version 11.0.

Weakness: CWE-415

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-5988?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nvidia Virtual Gpu Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2020-5988?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5988 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-2020-5988 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5988 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8v9h-cmm6-q9vj.