Is CVE-2020-5987 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-5987 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-5987?

CVE-2020-5987 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-5987?

CVE-2020-5987 has an EPSS score of 0.32% (24th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-5987?

Upgrade virtual gpu manager to 10.4 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-5987

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager contains a vulnerability in the vGPU plugin in which guest-supplied parameters remain writable by the guest after the plugin has validated them, which may lead to the guest being able to pass invalid parameters to plugin handlers, which may lead to denial of service or escalation of privileges. This affects vGPU version 8.x (prior to 8.5), version 10.x (prior to 10.4) and version 11.0.

CWE-459

How to fix

Remediation Available

virtual gpu managerNVD

Affected:>= 10.0, < 10.4Fixed in:10.4CVE-2020-5987derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.32%probability of exploitation in 30 days

24thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 24% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

nvidia.custhelp.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2025-31650	High	7.5	67%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-1552	High	8.8	12%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-18924	High	8.8	9.5%	-	-
CVE-2022-21125	Medium	5.5	6.5%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.