What is CVE-2020-0553?

CVE-2020-0553 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Ac 3165 Firmware, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2020-08-13.

How severe is CVE-2020-0553?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Intel Ac 3165 Firmware

CVE-2020-0553

Out-of-bounds read in kernel mode driver for some Intel(R) Wireless Bluetooth(R) products on Windows* 10, may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2020-08-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (26.4th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 26.4% 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00337.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-0553?: CVE-2020-0553 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Ac 3165 Firmware, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2020-08-13.
How severe is CVE-2020-0553?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.