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title: "CVE-2020-5973\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2020-5973

Publication date 24 June 2020

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**4.4 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-5973?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager and the guest drivers contain a vulnerability in
vGPU plugin, in which there is the potential to execute privileged
operations, which may lead to denial of service. This affects vGPU version
8.x (prior to 8.4), version 9.x (prior to 9.4) and version 10.x (prior to
10.3).

### From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that the NVIDIA virtual GPU guest drivers contained
an unspecified vulnerability that could potentially lead to privileged
operation execution. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of
service.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 | 20.04 LTS focal | Fixed 390.138-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 |
| 19.10 eoan | Fixed 390.138-0ubuntu0.19.10.1 |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 390.138-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-440 | 20.04 LTS focal | Fixed 440.100-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 |
| 19.10 eoan | Fixed 440.100-0ubuntu0.19.10.1 |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 440.100-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

4.4 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Local |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | High |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 4.4 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-5973)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5973)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2020-5973)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-5973)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-4404-2](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-4404-2)
+ Linux kernel vulnerabilities
+ 25 June 2020

+ [USN-4404-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-4404-1)
+ NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerabilities
+ 25 June 2020

### Other references

* <https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5031>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5973>