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CVE-2020-5972
NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager contains a vulnerability in the vGPU plugin, in which local pointer variables are not initialized and may be…
High7.1EPSS 0.32%
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- nvidia
Description
NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager contains a vulnerability in the vGPU plugin, in which local pointer variables are not initialized and may be freed later, which may lead to tampering or denial of service. This affects vGPU version 8.x (prior to 8.4), version 9.x (prior to 9.4) and version 10.x (prior to 10.3).
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.32% · top 75% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Weakness
- denial of service
- CWE-763 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-763 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected All
References (1)
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5031 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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