CVE-2020-12911 Denial of service in AMD Graphics Driver for Windows
A specially crafted API request in the AMD graphics driver causes an out-of-bounds read, leading to a system crash (BSOD) from a non-privileged account.
- 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-2020-12911?
CVE-2020-12911 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in AMD Graphics Driver for Windows, published on 13 Oct 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A denial of service vulnerability exists in the D3DKMTCreateAllocation handler functionality of AMD ATIKMDAG.SYS (e.g. version 26.20.15029.27017). A specially crafted D3DKMTCreateAllocation API request can cause an out-of-bounds read and denial of service (BSOD). This vulnerability can be triggered from a non-privileged account.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-12911?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Amd Atikmdag.sys.
How do I fix CVE-2020-12911?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-12911 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-2020-12911 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12911 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in AMD Graphics Driver for Windows
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j6jx-cc47-vqv7.