What is CVE-2020-12300?

CVE-2020-12300 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel S2600cw2, classified under Access of Uninitialized Pointer. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2020-08-13.

How severe is CVE-2020-12300?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Intel S2600cw2

CVE-2020-12300

Uninitialized pointer in BIOS firmware for Intel(R) Server Board Families S2600CW, S2600KP, S2600TP, and S2600WT may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

EPSS: 0.003 (26.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Intel S2600cw2
Intel S2600cw2_firmware
Intel S2600cw2r
Intel S2600cw2r_firmware
Intel S2600cw2s
Intel S2600cw2s_firmware
Intel S2600cw2sr
Intel S2600cw2sr_firmware
Intel S2600cwt
Intel S2600cwt_firmware

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-824 — Access of Uninitialized Pointer

References

secure@intel.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
secure@intel.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12300?: CVE-2020-12300 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel S2600cw2, classified under Access of Uninitialized Pointer. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2020-08-13.
How severe is CVE-2020-12300?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.