CVE-2020-12981 Memory corruption in AMD Radeon Software
Insufficient input validation in the AMD Graphics Driver allows unprivileged users to trigger memory corruptions, leading to privilege escalation or denial of service.
- 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-2020-12981?
CVE-2020-12981 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Amd Radeon Software, published on 11 Jun 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An insufficient input validation in the AMD Graphics Driver for Windows 10 may allow unprivileged users to unload the driver, potentially causing memory corruptions in high privileged processes, which can lead to escalation of privileges or denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-12981?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Amd Radeon Pro Software, Amd Radeon Software.
How do I fix CVE-2020-12981?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-12981 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-2020-12981 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12981 in the wild and no public exploit code.