CVE-2020-8683 Denial of service in Intel(R) Graphics Drivers Advisory
An authenticated local user can cause a denial of service in Intel Graphics Drivers due to improper buffer restrictions.
- 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-2020-8683?
CVE-2020-8683 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Intel(R) Graphics Drivers Advisory, published on 13 Aug 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper buffer restrictions in system driver for some Intel(R) Graphics Drivers before version 15.33.50.5129 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8683?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Intel Graphics Drivers.
How do I fix CVE-2020-8683?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-8683 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-2020-8683 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8683 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2020-0521 Privilege escalation in Intel(R) Graphics Drivers
- CVE-2020-0544 Privilege escalation in Intel(R) Graphics Drivers
- CVE-2020-12362 Integer overflow in Intel(R) Graphics Drivers for Windows * before version 26.20.100.7212 and
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j6rf-xjcr-vrqj.