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CVE-2020-12981

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-12981 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting AMD Graphics Drivers for Windows 10, including Radeon Pro Software and Radeon Software. It stems from insufficient input validation, allowing unprivileged users to unload the driver. This can lead to memory corruption in high-privileged processes, potentially resulting in escalation of privileges or denial of service. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a high impact with low attack complexity and requiring local access. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 21.q1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:amd:radeon_pro_software:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
< 20.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:amd:radeon_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
19.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0028 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

amd.com / en/corporate/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-1000