What is CVE-2020-0501?

CVE-2020-0501 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Graphics Driver, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-03-12.

How severe is CVE-2020-0501?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Intel Graphics Driver

CVE-2020-0501

Buffer overflow in Intel(R) Graphics Drivers before version 26.20.100.6912 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable a denial of service via local access.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2020-03-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (25.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 25.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Intel Graphics Driver
Intel Intel(r) Graphics Drivers — versions before version 26.20.100.691, See advisory https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00315.html

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-0501?: CVE-2020-0501 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Graphics Driver, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-03-12.
How severe is CVE-2020-0501?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.