CVE-2020-5973

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4404-1

Severity Score

4.4

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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).

NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager y los controladores de invitado contienen una vulnerabilidad en el plugin vGPU, en la que existe el potencial de ejecutar operaciones privilegiadas, lo que puede conllevar a una denegación de servicio. Esto afecta a vGPU versión 8.x (anteriores a 8.4), versión 9.x (anteriores a 9.4) y versión 10.x (anteriores a 10.3)

Thomas E. Carroll discovered that the NVIDIA Cuda graphics driver did not properly perform access control when performing IPC. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. It was discovered that the UVM driver in the NVIDIA graphics driver contained a race condition. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-01-07 CVE Reserved
2020-06-26 CVE Published
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5031	2021-07-21
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4404-1	2021-07-21
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4404-2	2021-07-21

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Nvidia Search vendor "Nvidia"		Virtual Gpu Search vendor "Nvidia" for product "Virtual Gpu"				>= 8.0 <= 8.3 Search vendor "Nvidia" for product "Virtual Gpu" and version " >= 8.0 <= 8.3"		-		Affected
Nvidia Search vendor "Nvidia"		Virtual Gpu Search vendor "Nvidia" for product "Virtual Gpu"				>= 9.0 <= 9.3 Search vendor "Nvidia" for product "Virtual Gpu" and version " >= 9.0 <= 9.3"		-		Affected
Nvidia Search vendor "Nvidia"		Virtual Gpu Search vendor "Nvidia" for product "Virtual Gpu"				>= 10.0 <= 10.2 Search vendor "Nvidia" for product "Virtual Gpu" and version " >= 10.0 <= 10.2"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				18.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				19.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "19.10"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				20.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "20.04"		lts		Affected