VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-12890

CVSS score6.7 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.29%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-12-10
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Improper handling of pointers in the System Management Mode (SMM) handling code may allow for a privileged attacker with physical or administrative access to potentially manipulate the AMD Generic Encapsulated Software Architecture (AGESA) to execute arbitrary code undetected by the operating system.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Primary references