How severe is CVE-2021-1100?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software

CVE-2021-1100

NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager kernel mode driver (nvidia.ko), in which a pointer to a user-space buffer is not validated before it is dereferenced, which may lead to 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).

EPSS: 0.003 (19.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-1100?: CVE-2021-1100 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2021-07-21.
How severe is CVE-2021-1100?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.