# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Jun 2021
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024

## 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 (Out-of-bounds Write)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-12981?

It affects 2 products.


Products: 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.

## Is CVE-2020-12981 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12981 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Amd Radeon Software

- [CVE-2020-12891](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12891/): Path traversal in Radeon Pro Software for Enterprise (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-12980](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12980/): Memory corruption in AMD Radeon Software (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-12982](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12982/): Use after free in AMD Radeon Software (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-12983](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12983/): Memory corruption in AMD Radeon Software (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-12985](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12985/): Privilege escalation in AMD Radeon Software (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-12981 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12981 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Amd Radeon Software. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12981/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12981/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-12981
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12981
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-12981

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