Resource exhaustion in Citrix Hypervisor
CVE-2021-1057
NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager NVIDIA vGPU manager contains a vulnerability in the vGPU plugin in which it allows guests to allocate some resources for which the guest is not authorized, which may lead to integrity and confidentiality loss, denial of service, or information disclosure. This affects vGPU version 8.x (prior to 8.6) and version 11.0 (prior to 11.3).
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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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (25.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 25.1% 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
- Citrix Hypervisor
- Nutanix Ahv
- NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager — versions Version 8.x (prior to 8.6) and version 11.0 (prior to 11.3)
- NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager
- VMware Vsphere
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Kernel-Based Virtual Machine
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5142 (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-1057?
- CVE-2021-1057 is a high-severity vulnerability in Citrix Hypervisor, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-01-08.
- How severe is CVE-2021-1057?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.