CVE-2021-1062 Denial of service in NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager

High 7.1 Published 8 Jan 2021 Updated 3 Aug 2024

An attacker can cause denial of service or tamper with data in NVIDIA vGPU Manager due to improper input validation.

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-2021-1062?

CVE-2021-1062 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager, published on 8 Jan 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

NVIDIA vGPU manager contains a vulnerability in the vGPU plugin, in which an input data length is not validated, which may lead to tampering of data or denial of service. This affects vGPU version 8.x (prior to 8.6) and version 11.0 (prior to 11.3).

Weakness: CWE-1284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-1062?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nvidia Virtual Gpu Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2021-1062?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-1062 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2021-1062 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-1062 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p739-mvjp-w433.