NVIDIA vGPU driver contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (vGPU plugin), where there is the potential to write to a shared memory location and manipulate the data after the data has been validated, which may lead to denial of service and escalation of privileges and information disclosure but attacker doesn't have control over what information is obtained. This affects vGPU version 12.x (prior to 12.2), version 11.x (prior to 11.4) and version 8.x (prior to 8.7).
This vulnerability carries a HIGH severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.3, requiring local system access to exploit with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction requiring only low-level privileges . The vulnerability impacts limited data confidentiality, integrity (unauthorized modifications), and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 5 products from nvidia, from citrix, from nutanix and 2 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Reported in 2021, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.
2021-04-29T19:15:09.073
2024-11-21T05:43:34.023
Modified
CVSSv3.1: 7.3 (HIGH)
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
3.9
6.4
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | nvidia | virtual_gpu_manager | < 8.7 | Yes |
| Operating System | citrix | hypervisor | - | No |
| Operating System | nutanix | ahv | - | No |
| Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux_kernel-based_virtual_machine | - | No |
| Operating System | vmware | vsphere | - | No |
| Application | nvidia | virtual_gpu_manager | < 11.4 | Yes |
| Application | nvidia | virtual_gpu_manager | < 12.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | citrix | hypervisor | - | No |
| Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux_kernel-based_virtual_machine | - | No |
| Operating System | vmware | vsphere | - | No |
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