What is CVE-2020-5971?

CVE-2020-5971 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Vgpu Software, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-06-30.

How severe is CVE-2020-5971?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Nvidia Vgpu Software

CVE-2020-5971

NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager contains a vulnerability in the vGPU plugin, in which the software reads from a buffer by using buffer access mechanisms such as indexes or pointers that reference memory locations after the targeted buffer, whic…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (31.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Nvidia Vgpu Software — versions All
Nvidia Virtual_gpu_manager

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

psirt@nvidia.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5971?: CVE-2020-5971 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Vgpu Software, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-06-30.
How severe is CVE-2020-5971?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.