CVE-2020-8677 Denial of service in versions
A privileged local user can cause a denial of service on Intel Visual Compute Accelerator 2 devices due to improper access control.
- 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-2020-8677?
CVE-2020-8677 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in versions, published on 12 Nov 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper access control in the Intel(R) Visual Compute Accelerator 2, all versions, may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8677?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Intel Visual Compute Accelerator 2 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2020-8677?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-8677 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-2020-8677 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8677 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in versions
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5jwp-q2gq-chgq.