Vulnerability in AMD Athlon™ Series

CVE-2020-12951

Race condition in ASP firmware could allow less privileged x86 code to perform ASP SMM (System Management Mode) operations.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (10.8th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 11th percentile — 10.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2020-12951: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12951?
CVE-2020-12951 is a high-severity vulnerability in AMD Athlon™ Series, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2021-11-16.
How severe is CVE-2020-12951?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.