What is CVE-2020-5972?

CVE-2020-5972 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Vgpu Software, classified under Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2020-06-30.

How severe is CVE-2020-5972?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Nvidia Vgpu Software

CVE-2020-5972

NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager contains a vulnerability in the vGPU plugin, in which local pointer variables are not initialized and may be freed later, which may lead to tampering or denial of service. This affects vGPU version 8.x (prior to…

EPSS: 0.003 (23.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Nvidia Vgpu Software — versions All
Nvidia Virtual_gpu_manager

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-763 — Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference

References

psirt@nvidia.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5972?: CVE-2020-5972 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Vgpu Software, classified under Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2020-06-30.
How severe is CVE-2020-5972?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.