What is CVE-2021-1099?

CVE-2021-1099 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Virtual Gpu Software, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2021-07-21.

How severe is CVE-2021-1099?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Nvidia Virtual Gpu Software

CVE-2021-1099

NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (vGPU plugin) that could allow an attacker to cause stack-based buffer overflow and put a customized ROP gadget on the stack. Such an attack may lead to information disclosure, data tampering, or denial of service. This affects vGPU version 12.x (prior to 12.3), version 11.x (prior to 11.5) and version 8.x (prior 8.8).

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.002 (12.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Nvidia Virtual Gpu Software — versions vGPU version 12.x (prior to 12.3), version 11.x (prior to 11.5) and version 8.x (prior 8.8).
Nvidia Virtual_gpu

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

psirt@nvidia.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-1099?: CVE-2021-1099 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Virtual Gpu Software, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2021-07-21.
How severe is CVE-2021-1099?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.