What is CVE-2020-12933?

CVE-2020-12933 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Amd Atikmdag.sys, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-10-13.

How severe is CVE-2020-12933?

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

Out-of-bounds Read in Amd Atikmdag.sys

CVE-2020-12933

A denial of service vulnerability exists in the D3DKMTEscape handler functionality of AMD ATIKMDAG.SYS (e.g. version 26.20.15029.27017). A specially crafted D3DKMTEscape API request can cause an out-of-bounds read in Windows OS kernel memory area. This vulnerability can be triggered from a non-privileged account.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (26.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Amd Atikmdag.sys — versions 26.20.15029.27017
N/a Amd Graphics Driver For Windows — versions Fixed in version 20.50 and later

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

psirt@amd.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12933?: CVE-2020-12933 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Amd Atikmdag.sys, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-10-13.
How severe is CVE-2020-12933?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.