CVE-2020-5973 json
NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager and the guest drivers contain a vulnerability in vGPU plugin, in which there is the potential to execute privile…
published 2020-06-30 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-27127
- cvss
- 4.4
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 34%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager and the guest drivers contain a vulnerability in vGPU plugin, in which there is the potential to execute privileged operations, which may lead to 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).
Patch / fix
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 390.138-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 390.138-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-440 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 440.100-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-440 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 440.100-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-5973
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Exploit prediction
0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Affected products
- NVIDIA NVIDIA vGPU Software
References
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usn.ubuntu.com
/4404-2/
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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usn.ubuntu.com
/4404-1/
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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nvidia.custhelp.com
/app/answers/detail/a_id/5031
vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2020-5973
- NVD CVE-2020-5973
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