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.

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

EPSS: 0.002 (11.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Amd Athlon™ Series — versions various
Amd Epyc_7001
Amd Epyc_7001_firmware
Amd Epyc_7002
Amd Epyc_7002_firmware
Amd Epyc_7003
Amd Epyc_7003_firmware
Amd Epyc_7232p
Amd Epyc_7232p_firmware
Amd Epyc_7251

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-362 — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition)

References

psirt@amd.com (x_refsource_MISC)

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.