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CVE-2021-1123 (GCVE-0-2021-1123)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-10-29 19:30 – Updated: 2024-08-03 15:55
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Summary
NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (vGPU plugin), where it can deadlock, which may lead to denial of service.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • denial of service
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
NVIDIA NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software Affected: vGPU version 13.x (prior to 13.1), 12.x (prior to 12.4), version 11.x (prior to 11.6) and version 8.x (prior 8.9).
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