What is CVE-2020-5988?

CVE-2020-5988 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Vgpu Software, classified under Double Free. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2020-10-02.

How severe is CVE-2020-5988?

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

Double Free in Nvidia Vgpu Software

CVE-2020-5988

NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager contains a vulnerability in the vGPU plugin, in which allocated memory can be freed twice, which may lead to information disclosure or denial of service. This affects vGPU version 8.x (prior to 8.5), version 10.x…

Vulnerability class: Double Free

EPSS: 0.003 (22.2th 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:H/I:N/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-415 — Double Free

References

psirt@nvidia.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5988?: CVE-2020-5988 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Vgpu Software, classified under Double Free. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2020-10-02.
How severe is CVE-2020-5988?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.