What is CVE-2021-1118?

CVE-2021-1118 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Virtual Gpu Software, classified under CWE-250. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-10-29.

How severe is CVE-2021-1118?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Nvidia Virtual Gpu Software

CVE-2021-1118

NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (vGPU plugin), where there is the potential to execute privileged operations by the guest OS, which may lead to information disclosure, data tampering, escalation of privileges, and denial of service

EPSS: 0.004 (28.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Nvidia Virtual Gpu Software — versions vGPU version 13.x (prior to 13.1), 12.x (prior to 12.4), version 11.x (prior to 11.6) and version 8.x (prior 8.9).
Nvidia Virtual_gpu

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

psirt@nvidia.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-1118?: CVE-2021-1118 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Virtual Gpu Software, classified under CWE-250. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-10-29.
How severe is CVE-2021-1118?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.