What is CVE-2020-5984?

CVE-2020-5984 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Vgpu Software, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-10-02.

How severe is CVE-2020-5984?

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

Use After Free in Nvidia Vgpu Software

CVE-2020-5984

NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager contains a vulnerability in the vGPU plugin in which it may have the use-after-free vulnerability while freeing some resources, which may lead to denial of service, code execution, and information disclosure. This affects vGPU version 8.x (prior to 8.5), version 10.x (prior to 10.4) and version 11.0.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.004 (29.2th 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 vGPU version 8.x (prior to 8.5), version 10.x (prior to 10.4) and version 11.0
Nvidia Virtual_gpu_manager — versions 11.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

psirt@nvidia.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5984?: CVE-2020-5984 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Vgpu Software, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-10-02.
How severe is CVE-2020-5984?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.