CVE-2020-5969: nvidia nvidia vgpu software Race Condition

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-5969 is a medium (CVSS 6.3) Race Condition vulnerability in nvidia nvidia vgpu software. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 30-06-2020
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 04-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager contains a vulnerability in the vGPU plugin, in which it validates a shared resource before using it, creating a race condition which may lead to denial of service or information disclosure. 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).

• CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.