CVE-2024-37020 Denial of service in Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processors
An authenticated local user can cause a denial of service on Intel Xeon processors via specific instruction sequences.
- 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
What is CVE-2024-37020?
CVE-2024-37020 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processors, published on 12 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Sequence of processor instructions leads to unexpected behavior in the Intel(R) DSA V1.0 for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
Weakness: CWE-1281
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-37020?
How do I fix CVE-2024-37020?
Apply the vendor's patch.
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-2024-37020 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-37020 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2024-37020, BELL-CVE-2024-37020, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-37020, GHSA-5gqq-8pmr-37wh.