CVE-2021-1057

HIGH

NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager NVIDIA vGPU manager contains a vulnerability in the vGPU plugin in which it allows guests to allocate some resources for which the guest is not authorized, which may lead to integrity and confidentiality loss, denial of service, or information disclosure. This affects vGPU version 8.x (prior to 8.6) and version 11.0 (prior to 11.3).

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5142

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 16.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-770
Status published
Products (1)
nvidia/virtual_gpu_manager 8.0 - 8.6
Published Jan 08, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026