4.4

CVE-2020-5973: canonical ubuntu_linux

CVSS: 4.4v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-5973
Published 30-06-2020Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-5973 is a medium (CVSS 4.4) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.40%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2
USN-4404-1USN-4404-2

Timeline

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

Description

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).

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.40%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

33%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.40% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.40%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Nvidia2 products
Ubuntu2 products
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-390< 390.138-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | < 390.138-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-440< 440.100-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | < 440.100-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
Canonical1 product

3 vendors · 5 products

References

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