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CVE-2023-0197 (GCVE-0-2023-0197)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-01 04:55 – Updated: 2025-02-11 16:38
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Summary
NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager, where a malicious user in a guest VM can cause a NULL-pointer dereference, 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
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-11 16:37 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
NVIDIA vGPU software (Virtual GPU Manager - Citrix Hypervisor, VMware vSphere, Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (Virtual GPU Manager - Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM) Affected: All versions prior to and including 15.1, 13.6, 11.11, and all versions prior to and including February 2023 release
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