CVE-2020-6102 Memory corruption in AMD
A memory corruption vulnerability in the AMD Radeon DirectX 11 driver allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on the Hyper-V host via a crafted shader file.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-6102?
CVE-2020-6102 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in AMD, published on 20 Jul 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the Shader functionality of AMD Radeon DirectX 11 Driver atidxx64.dll 26.20.15019.19000. An attacker can provide a a specially crafted shader file to trigger this vulnerability, resulting in code execution. This vulnerability can be triggered from a HYPER-V guest using the RemoteFX feature, leading to executing the vulnerable code on the HYPER-V host (inside of the rdvgm.exe process). Theoretically this vulnerability could be also triggered from web browser (using webGL and webassembly).
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-6102?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Amd Radeon Directx 11 Driver Atidxx64.dll.
How do I fix CVE-2020-6102?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-6102 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-2020-6102 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6102 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-cv8v-qqh2-qx57.