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CVE-2020-5967

Published: 24 June 2020

NVIDIA Linux GPU Display Driver, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the UVM driver, in which a race condition may lead to a denial of service.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that the UVM driver in the NVIDIA graphics driver contained a race condition. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.7

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
nvidia-graphics-drivers-390
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (390.138-0ubuntu0.18.04.1)
eoan
Released (390.138-0ubuntu0.19.10.1)
focal
Released (390.138-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

nvidia-graphics-drivers-440
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (440.100-0ubuntu0.18.04.1)
eoan
Released (440.100-0ubuntu0.19.10.1)
focal
Released (440.100-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 4.7
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H