What is CVE-2020-8739?

CVE-2020-8739 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel Bios. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-11-12.

How severe is CVE-2020-8739?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Intel Bios

CVE-2020-8739

Use of potentially dangerous function in Intel BIOS platform sample code for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

EPSS: 0.004 (32.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Intel Bios
Intel Core_i5-7640x
Intel Core_i7-3820
Intel Core_i7-3920xm
Intel Core_i7-3930k
Intel Core_i7-3940xm
Intel Core_i7-3960x
Intel Core_i7-3970x
Intel Core_i7-4820k
Intel Core_i7-4930k

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-8739?: CVE-2020-8739 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel Bios. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-11-12.
How severe is CVE-2020-8739?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.