CVE-2020-0512 Denial of service in Intel(R) Graphics Drivers Advisory

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

An authenticated local attacker can cause a denial of service in Intel Graphics Drivers due to an uncaught exception in the system driver.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-0512?

CVE-2020-0512 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Intel(R) Graphics Drivers Advisory, published on 13 Aug 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Uncaught exception in the system driver for some Intel(R) Graphics Drivers before version 15.33.50.5129 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Weakness: CWE-755

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-0512?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Intel Graphics Drivers.

How do I fix CVE-2020-0512?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-0512 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2020-0512 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-0512 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-gfj7-vvp5-c29g.

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