CVE-2020-24494 Denial of service in Intel(R) 722 Ethernet Controllers
A privileged local user can cause a denial of service in Intel 722 Ethernet Controllers due to insufficient access control in the firmware.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-24494?
CVE-2020-24494 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Intel(R) 722 Ethernet Controllers, published on 17 Feb 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Insufficient access control in the firmware for the Intel(R) 722 Ethernet Controllers before version 1.4.3 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-24494?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Intel Ethernet Network Adapter X722-Da2 Firmware, Intel Ethernet Network Adapter X722-Da4 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2020-24494?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-24494 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-2020-24494 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-24494 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Intel(R) 722 Ethernet Controllers
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rp3c-5xmm-fm73.