CVE-2020-12963 Memory corruption in AMD Radeon Software
Unprivileged users can exploit insufficient pointer validation in the AMD Graphics Driver to compromise the system.
- 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-2020-12963?
CVE-2020-12963 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
An insufficient pointer validation vulnerability in the AMD Graphics Driver for Windows may allow unprivileged users to compromise the system.
Weakness: CWE-763
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-12963?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Amd Radeon Software.
How do I fix CVE-2020-12963?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-12963 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-2020-12963 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12963 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- 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-47xr-344c-wgc3.