CVE-2020-12371 Denial of service in Intel(R) Graphics Drivers

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A divide by zero error in Intel Graphics Drivers allows a privileged local user to cause a denial of service.

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-2020-12371?

CVE-2020-12371 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Intel(R) Graphics Drivers, published on 17 Feb 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Divide by zero in some Intel(R) Graphics Drivers before version 26.20.100.8141 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable a denial of service via local access.

Weakness: CWE-369

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-12371?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Intel Graphics Drivers.

How do I fix CVE-2020-12371?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-12371 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-2020-12371 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12371 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-xwhc-g2j2-vc9p.

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