CVE-2020-5988

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-10-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-415

Description

NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager contains a vulnerability in the vGPU plugin, in which allocated memory can be freed twice, which may lead to information disclosure or denial of service. This affects vGPU version 8.x (prior to 8.5), version 10.x (prior to 10.4) and version 11.0.

Affected products

NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager: from 8.0 before 8.5; from 10.0 before 10.4; 11.0 — fixed in 10.4, 8.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager 10.4, 8.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5075
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5075

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