CVE-2021-1087 Information disclosure in NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

An attacker can retrieve information to bypass ASLR in the NVIDIA vGPU plugin, potentially aiding further exploitation of the virtual GPU environment.

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-2021-1087?

CVE-2021-1087 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software, published on 29 Apr 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

NVIDIA vGPU driver contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (vGPU plugin), which could allow an attacker to retrieve information that could lead to a Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) bypass. This affects vGPU version 12.x (prior to 12.2), version 11.x (prior to 11.4) and version 8.x (prior to 8.7).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-1087?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nvidia Virtual Gpu Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2021-1087?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-1087 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-1087 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-1087 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fhr9-xxxv-5wpf.

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