CVE-2020-0541 describes an out-of-bounds write vulnerability within the Intel Converged Security and Management Engine (CSME) firmware versions prior to 12.0.64, 13.0.32, 14.0.33, and 14.5.12. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium), indicating that a privileged local attacker could exploit it with low attack complexity to achieve escalation of privilege, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are public exploit codes or Metasploit/Nuclei modules available.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 12.0, < 12.0.64CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:converged_security_management_engine_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:undefined | ||
>= 13.0, < 13.0.32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:converged_security_management_engine_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 14.0, < 14.0.33CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:converged_security_management_engine_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.5.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:converged_security_management_engine_firmware:14.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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