CVE-2020-12964 Privilege escalation in AMD Radeon Software
A local attacker can exploit the AMD Radeon kernel driver to escalate privileges or cause a system crash via a specific call handler.
- 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-2020-12964?
CVE-2020-12964 is a high-severity 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
A potential privilege escalation/denial of service issue exists in the AMD Radeon Kernel Mode driver Escape 0x2000c00 Call handler. An attacker with low privilege could potentially induce a Windows BugCheck or write to leak information.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-12964?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Amd Radeon Software.
How do I fix CVE-2020-12964?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-12964 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-12964 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12964 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-jv6f-vhvr-rr75.