CVE-2021-1097 Other in NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software
A malicious guest can exploit improper length validation in NVIDIA vGPU Manager to cause information disclosure, data tampering, 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-2021-1097?
CVE-2021-1097 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Virtual Gpu, published on 21 Jul 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (vGPU plugin), where it improperly validates the length field in a request from a guest. This flaw allows a malicious guest to send a length field that is inconsistent with the actual length of the input, which may lead to information disclosure, data tampering, or denial of service. This affects vGPU version 12.x (prior to 12.3), version 11.x (prior to 11.5) and version 8.x (prior 8.8).
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-1097?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Virtual Gpu.
How do I fix CVE-2021-1097?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-1097 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-1097 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-1097 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Virtual Gpu
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2chq-9x6m-mpc7.