What is CVE-2020-12374?

CVE-2020-12374 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Bmc_firmware, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2021-02-19.

How severe is CVE-2020-12374?

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

Buffer overflow in Intel Bmc_firmware

CVE-2020-12374

Buffer overflow in the BMC firmware for some Intel(R) Server Boards, Server Systems and Compute Modules before version 2.47 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (16.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12374?: CVE-2020-12374 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Bmc_firmware, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2021-02-19.
How severe is CVE-2020-12374?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.