CVE-2020-12960 Denial of service in AMD Radeon Software

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Improper input validation in the AMD Graphics Driver allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted input buffers.

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-2020-12960?

CVE-2020-12960 is a medium-severity denial of service 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

AMD Graphics Driver for Windows 10, amdfender.sys may improperly handle input validation on InputBuffer which may result in a denial of service (DoS).

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-12960?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Amd Radeon Software.

How do I fix CVE-2020-12960?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-12960 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-2020-12960 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12960 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Amd Radeon Software vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-j6ch-wmqc-gm95.

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