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…

EPSS: 0.003 (20.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

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

psirt@nvidia.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, 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.