CVE-2020-12372 Denial of service in Intel(R) Graphics Drivers

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A privileged local user can cause a denial of service in Intel Graphics Drivers due to an unchecked return value.

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-2020-12372?

CVE-2020-12372 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

Unchecked return value 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-252

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-12372?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Intel Graphics Drivers.

How do I fix CVE-2020-12372?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-12372 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-2020-12372 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12372 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-pmrj-pp83-4m3j.

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