What is CVE-2020-0541?

CVE-2020-0541 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Converged Security Management Engine Firmware, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2020-06-15.

How severe is CVE-2020-0541?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Intel Converged Security Management Engine Firmware

CVE-2020-0541

Out-of-bounds write in subsystem for Intel(R) CSME versions before 12.0.64, 13.0.32, 14.0.33 and 14.5.12 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2020-06-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (32.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 32.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Intel Converged Security Management Engine Firmware — versions 14.5.11
Intel(r) Csme — versions See provided reference

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-0541?: CVE-2020-0541 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Converged Security Management Engine Firmware, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2020-06-15.
How severe is CVE-2020-0541?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.