CVE-2020-12894 Memory corruption in AMD Radeon Software
A memory corruption vulnerability in the AMD Radeon driver allows attackers to write arbitrary data to kernel memory, potentially leading to code execution or system crashes.
- 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-2020-12894?
CVE-2020-12894 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Amd Radeon Software, published on 15 Nov 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Arbitrary Write in AMD Graphics Driver for Windows 10 in Escape 0x40010d may lead to arbitrary write to kernel memory or denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-12894?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Amd Radeon Software.
How do I fix CVE-2020-12894?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-12894 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2020-12894 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12894 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Amd Radeon Software
- CVE-2023-20586 Radeon™ Software Crimson ReLive Edition
- CVE-2023-20598 Privilege escalation in Ryzen™ 7020 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics
- CVE-2020-12892 Path traversal in AMD Radeon Software
- CVE-2020-12893 Memory corruption in AMD Radeon Software
- CVE-2020-12895 Memory corruption in AMD Radeon Software
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5hwq-rjm6-938m.