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CVE-2020-5959

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.5)—

NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the vGPU plugin in which an input index value is incorrectly validated which may lead to denial of service.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Nvidia — Virtual GPU Manager

CWEs

References

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