What is CVE-2020-5989?

CVE-2020-5989 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Vgpu Software, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-10-02.

How severe is CVE-2020-5989?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in NVIDIA Vgpu Software

CVE-2020-5989

NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager contains a vulnerability in the vGPU plugin, in which it can dereference a NULL pointer, which may lead to denial of service. This affects vGPU version 8.x (prior to 8.5), version 10.x (prior to 10.4) and version 11.0.

Published 2020-10-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (19.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 19th percentile — 19.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5075 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5989?: CVE-2020-5989 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Vgpu Software, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-10-02.
How severe is CVE-2020-5989?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.